Author Archives: Uku

Well, not actually, but rather a long dance around getting to building the lap joint rig and actually completing a joint. Here we go, a long gallery describing how we arrived at our first lap joint:

Well yes, there was a ton of “magic smoke” out of the machine, but that did not lessen the fun. The secondary of one of the transformers cooked and needs to be replaced. I’m looking into replacing it with enameled … Continue reading →

Well, no updates for some time, but the time has been spent well. As a side project I just completed an arc welding rig out of some old microwave ovens and an old PC chassis. First welds will be to … Continue reading →