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by tlinbeck
Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:04 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Thermocouple Welder (Nov 2004, p24)
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Re: Thermocouple Welder (Nov 2004, p24)

Thanks for the advice, Terri. I'll give it a try.
OBTW: Carbon-Zinc battery - go to the nearest "dollar store" and buy the cheapest battery you can find.
TOM
by tlinbeck
Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:33 pm
Forum: Robotics
Topic: Thermocouple Welder (Nov 2004, p24)
Replies: 8
Views: 8146

Thermocouple Welder (Nov 2004, p24)

Has anyone tried to weld a thermocouple per the instructions in the magazine. Using a 12V battery [in a portable jump-start rig] and reducing the resistor to 0.25 ohms seems to be going in the right direction, but I have not had a "bead" form in the process. The carbon rod was taken from a...