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Christ, I still have a welder that I made myself. It uses a round ferromagnetic core I found in a scrapyard.

I forgot how many windings it has, I think around 300 on the input side and 40 on the output.

Wiring it was a major pain in the ass, as the core is round, a closed circle.

And it draws too much current when idle, which means I have not used enough wire on the input side or the core is too small, fuck knows, I was 14 when I made it.

It does weld well, especially on DC through 4 huge diodes I also found in some scrap.

Sorry for my English, I'm drunk and tired.

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