Spot Welder from Guitar Amp Transformer
Manekinen has come up with this home-brew spot welder that’s powered by a guitar amp transformer.
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Todd Barricklow’s Figure 8 Racer
Todd Barricklow builds his pedal-powered racer and talks about the Death Defying Figure 8 racetrack at Bay Area Maker Faire.
“All About Welding Plastics”
Learn plastic welding through this black-and-white Seelye Model 63 Plastic Welder manual.
How-To: Weld a Custom Bike Frame
Anyone who’s tried it knows that “pipe” or “tube welding” is an art that takes a while to master. This outstanding phototutorial by Amy Qian won’t substitute for the hours of practice needed to draw a good bead around a fishmouth seam, but if you’ve got the chops…
Make a Typecase into a Coffee Table
It’s metal month on MAKE, which doesn’t mean a Slayer-overload, it means it’s time to put on your Flashdance leotard and start welding. I’ve had this vintage typecase for months and I’ve been wanting to make it into a sweet new coffee table. Metalworking month is the perfect time to learn how to weld to […]
Make a Typecase into a Coffee Table
It’s metal month on MAKE, so in this episode Meg Allan Cole put on her Flashdance leotard and tries her hand at welding to transform a vintage typecase into a industrial coffee table.
Rebar X-mas tree
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, from user gunterhausfrau.
