If at home, in the workshop or in the country, you often have to weld steel corners with each other, connecting them with the ends, then you will definitely need a homemade tool made from old pliers. This simple tool will help increase the speed and quality of work - such a tool will be especially useful for novice welders.
The main stages of work
For this homemade product you will need two identical pieces of steel corner. We clean the workpieces from rust with a grinder or grinder (it is also possible on a grinding machine). After that, we make slots on one of the sides and weld the corners to the lips of the pliers. It is also necessary to make large slots in the center of the corners.
After welding, beat off the slag and once again process the surface of the corners with the grinding disc of the grinder. The result is a very simple but useful tool that is useful when welding corners close to each other (or as they say in the circle of welders - butt).
We clamp two segments of the corner with pliers so that the place of their connection is in the center of the large slots, and you can start welding. This is much more convenient and practical than clamping workpieces in a vise, since with the help of modified pliers you can cook both the outer and inner seams.
You can see the detailed process of making a homemade tool in the video on the website. Write in the comments what you think about this homemade product. It will be especially interesting to know the opinion of professional welders.
