@lombor Exactly what they said!! I was working alone and needed an extra hand. So I was using the mig for tack up and spent most of today with the tig doing the finish welding. Thanks for asking....
I like that heavy sheet of steel you use for your assembly table. Presumably you made it yourself. Can you show us how you made that table and what it looks like from below?
Love your videos! A little late to comment but another magnet on the backside of the work is the answer. Your magnetic clamp on one side, the other magnet ont he other side and the work sandwiching between the two.
Does the flow of the ground need to be in contact with the material your working on? Could you connect it onto some other separate piece of metal or would that not work?
I've never used a magnetic ground clamp before. I might get one for my everlast welder. It might come in handy for those times there isn't a good spot to put a regular clamp.
Hi Kevin, what if I'm not working on a metal table like welding my tall bird cage (painted wire mesh) where does to clamp my ground cable to avoid electric shock? Thanks.
Thank you for your video, but I have a question, will I get shocked if I weld the metal pieces if the metal pieces are clamped by a metallic clamp and the metal clamp is connected to a metal construction table that share a common ground clamp?
@@KevincaronSculpture Thanks you. I'm going to attempt to do use a stick welder on my car passenger door (Need to weld on a pull tab to pull a dent). Do you think it will be ok to ground on the metal of the door lock latch as it's unpainted so cleaner than clamping it to the doors paintwork.
Should work for a ground but you will have one heck of a time getting a good weld out of that stick welder. If you have oxy/ac rig I would use that instead. Grind clean and shiny and give it a go.
@@KevincaronSculpture one more question. If I was to clamp a stick welder to the metal legs of a small work bench but the bench had plastic feet would it affect the “ground”?
Old fart here, just joined. Trying to learn to mig weld. Bought a decent auto darkening helmet and I can't see where I welding. Welds don't look bad just wandering all the place. Any tips Thanks Jack
+Jack Antoine Try looking from the side of the gun to see what is happening.. Or maybe block the light shining from behind you inside the helmet.. You might also add more light to help you see... Or maybe a different color marker to make your mark on the steel.. Or lighten your shade on the helmet a little, like from 11 to 10
maybe its my mig welder, but i find on thin sheet alu the mig is a bit over kill for lower amp work i tend to use the tig , nice videos though, nice workshop too :)
Nice clamp, but I thought you were going to show us a cheap creative solution like sandwiching the aluminum between the magnet and a piece of scrap iron.
Thank you Kevin, that was exactly what I needed to hear!
Thanks for watching.,
@lombor Exactly what they said!!
I was working alone and needed an extra hand. So I was using the mig for tack up and spent most of today with the tig doing the finish welding.
Thanks for asking....
@lombor Yeah, I feel the same way. The MIG with the spool gun was a horse to handle.
@JustinTexan Thanks for stopping by.
@NickGoesHAM
thanks for stopping by. Got some new toys today. Going to be a whole new set of videos coming soon.
Stay tuned....
@DavidCousins Great little clamp. You can find them at just about any hardware store and all the welding stores. (think big orange box)
Thanks, welcome aboard...
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How are you?
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Kevin, another use for that aluminum magnet I'm gonna invent one of these days. Thanks guys, and Merry Christmas!
@spelunkerd On the list for shooting,
thanks for the suggestion.
@Rammy22ify You are welcome, Stop by when you can . We update about once a week.
I like that heavy sheet of steel you use for your assembly table. Presumably you made it yourself. Can you show us how you made that table and what it looks like from below?
Always enjoy your videos.
@MontySprings Found them at Amazon....
how about sir if you are welding small metal objects? example two 1/2 size screw nuts. where should you put the ground?
I would hope at this point in your life you know how to ground your nuts!
Love your videos! A little late to comment but another magnet on the backside of the work is the answer. Your magnetic clamp on one side, the other magnet ont he other side and the work sandwiching between the two.
I should have thought of that!!
Does the flow of the ground need to be in contact with the material your working on? Could you connect it onto some other separate piece of metal or would that not work?
You can ground to the table and clamp your work down. Or clamp right to the work. Either way works fine.
Cool Informational Video.. Such a simple solution I should have thought of the answer, I kinda did but not close enough.
I've never used a magnetic ground clamp before. I might get one for my everlast welder. It might come in handy for those times there isn't a good spot to put a regular clamp.
Just make sure you get a big enough one to handle the amps of your machine. Set mine on fire once running too high on the amps!
Hi Kevin, what if I'm not working on a metal table like welding my tall bird cage (painted wire mesh) where does to clamp my ground cable to avoid electric shock? Thanks.
Whatever metal you can that won't be in your way. Down low is always good.
Very informative. Thanks for the education...
Thank you for your video, but I have a question, will I get shocked if I weld the metal pieces if the metal pieces are clamped by a metallic clamp and the metal clamp is connected to a metal construction table that share a common ground clamp?
Nope, long as you are clamped down you are good to go.
Thank you for the reply ! :)
If the part that you weld sits on the table and it is grounded, the ground would also get to the table as it isn t isolated from it
That is true but electricity will take the shortest path.
If you clamp the ground to the metal work and the metal work is resting on the table, wouldn't it still become part of the circuit?
Nope, current takes the path of least resistance. So the shortest distance from the arc to the ground clamp.
@@KevincaronSculpture Thanks you. I'm going to attempt to do use a stick welder on my car passenger door (Need to weld on a pull tab to pull a dent).
Do you think it will be ok to ground on the metal of the door lock latch as it's unpainted so cleaner than clamping it to the doors paintwork.
Should work for a ground but you will have one heck of a time getting a good weld out of that stick welder. If you have oxy/ac rig I would use that instead. Grind clean and shiny and give it a go.
@@KevincaronSculpture one more question. If I was to clamp a stick welder to the metal legs of a small work bench but the bench had plastic feet would it affect the “ground”?
Not in the least. Metal leg to metal tabletop and you are good to go.
Just wonderin'. You often work with sheet steel. Why aluminum for this sculpture?
Had a weight limit where this was going. Also easier to shape.
How come your mig welding the aluminum and not using your tig welder :)?
Thank you.
Old fart here, just joined. Trying to learn to mig weld. Bought a decent auto darkening helmet and I can't see where I welding. Welds don't look bad just wandering all the place.
Any tips
Thanks
Jack
+Jack Antoine
Try looking from the side of the gun to see what is happening.. Or maybe block the light shining from behind you inside the helmet..
You might also add more light to help you see...
Or maybe a different color marker to make your mark on the steel..
Or lighten your shade on the helmet a little, like from 11 to 10
Fellow old fart here. Dial down the darkness (I work at 9), and wear reading glasses. The reading glasses help IMMENSELY!
maybe its my mig welder, but i find on thin sheet alu the mig is a bit over kill for lower amp work i tend to use the tig , nice videos though, nice workshop too :)
You would have to do something REALLY stupid to have it be lethal. I had a couple of small burn spots on my hand from a shock but that is all.
If someone were to be shocked, would it be lethal? It just sound very dangerous to be welding...
@lombor It's an awful lot easier to grab the MIG and tack up projects and then grind out, clean etc and come back and TIG.
Nice clamp, but I thought you were going to show us a cheap creative solution like sandwiching the aluminum between the magnet and a piece of scrap iron.
Metal on metal it's gunna ground your table to
@strube1369 We got to get together and figure that one out..
We could both retire... Oh wait,......
You dog.....