The Pantograph Welder (panto-welder)

[@ParamjitandMichael]

4 years after, but enjoyed watching. Love the process of making, finding ways to improve. Several comments like "What's the point?" ! I can see several good uses for this almost as-is, and almost unlimited after finding ways to smooth the action and control the speed. It could replace skilled labor for simple welding jobs with a jig and a push button, and dozens or hundreds of repetitive welds. This would be an easy automation project with limit switches, and still not require CNC or programming of any kind. Someone suggested roller bearings on the joints of the pantograph. I'd extend that to placing a pivoting roller bearing at the tip of the arm that you pushed with the 12V actuator. Placing the 12V actuator on a pivot at it's center and the tracing arm tip (that I suggested a rolling bearing tip for) in a track that can be straight or angled and locked would allow for straight lines without concern for the wobble at the end of the actuator's travel. I don't know of a direct use for a squiggly weld, but for a thought experiment, having the actuator pivot would allow the tracing arm tip to follow almost any track, including cursive writing with some more manual help from an operator. Speed control can be as simple as a rheostat or variable voltage supply. Last thing that I recognized from my projects - I always weld or bolt on a grounding tab in a suitable spot of all vises that I use near a welder. I go to lengths to avoid sending welding current through a threaded fitting. Thanks very much for sharing your projects.

[@richbartko]

I enjoyed watching your videos. I fabricate in plastics with my home built Joe's Evolution CNC here in Georgetown. I am fascinated with metal fabrication lately.

[@joewest8385]

Good bad or indifferent, I envy the patience and the ingenuity. I can't even imagine having the patience to do this. Congratulations

[@manitobaman5588]

Your building style and shop tools remind me of mine except CNC is beyond me. Thanks for the inspiration and good ideas and good work.

[@youpattube1]

I haven't figured out how using the PG as a welder would be economically useful, but with a cutting torch you have a simple CNC machine. Good idea.

[@cristophercoleman1025]

I would like to see more videos of your cnc machine working. I am building one like yours and I am almost done with it. I am pretty excited to see it move for the first time! Please make more vids of you using the cnc.

[@manitobaman5588]

Try putting a light dimmer switch ahead of your DC power source for the actuator. It s a cheap way to control the speed. I did a similar experiment with a satellite dish actuator. Good luck with all your projects. Keep them rolling.

[@alexscarbro796]

Great video. Watching carefully it appears you're having to fight the "stiction" of the various joints. Would some really smooth bearings (perhaps Igus) allow you to follow the shape more easily by applying a steady force?

[@kcwoodchip]

Awesome plan,awesome video. great idea but you really need to angle the welding tip by approx 5 or 10 degrees to allow the co2 to dissipate and the weld material deposited to flow away from the weld spot(hotspot) rather than be directly under the tip. This will allow a much less critical time speed required to follow your template. If you are welding with a computer operated control then software coding takes care of the speed. Manually it is almost impossible. . Great idea and works really well. Just needs a slight angle tweaking and you've cracked it. Well done. .. (Incidentally. I'm a city and welder with 30 years experience coded to ASME IX welding)

[@AbsorberofLight]

Thanks for the advice man!

[@rlewis1946]

Good advice, based on many years of experience and knowledge! Thank you.

[@condorgarcia3869]

congrats from Argentina. your CNC vídeos are awesome. great job man.😂

[@henrikb.andersen5150]

Yes excellent Idea, but for what will you use it for?

[@jaysanders7472]

Could I get a copy of your plans for the panagraph. I have to say that is the best one I have seen that is not mass produced.

[@flughunde5283]

Protect your skin while welding!!! T-Shirt is a no go! ask welders!

[@Renatoigo]

You can also use plasma cutting to make circles

[@liammiller4758]

Exactly what I was thinking. I could make something like this accept my powerplasma cutter torch as well as my mig gun

[@olegdemkin857]

Очень хороший проект получилось здорово !!!!!!!!! Автор молодец!!!!!!!!!

[@ALEXSYSTEMS]

I really liked this machine, I'll make one to use in plasma cutting. Very good!

[@NeoIsrafil]

Thatd be a perfect application honestly...

[@neli-null-neli9499]

Like a remote controlled welding ;) Nicely did it!

[@mfmawdeh2663]

Excellent design More designs I wish you success

[@PauloSilva-ll4vs]

Hi I like this ideia a lot. great job. Is this welder a mig without gas?

[@AbsorberofLight]

Thanks. No, it's MIG with CO2.

[@YourOldDog]

I think, and I could be wrong, your worst welds were when you grounded to the "loose handle" of the "screw" instead of the screw or vice itself. That handle while ground is not what you could call a "good" ground. Anyway, liked your project, may try to adapt it to my plasma cutter as I'm having a bear of a time with it. Think I'll replace the actuator with a threaded rod and a variable speed drill to power it to see if that works better?

[@lalomendez3857]

Good day Absorber, I love your work and how you do your videos. The pantograph is a great idea , your work with the CNC is amazing About the CNC I have a couple of questions , I would appreciate will answer What is the current consumed by the motors? What are the characteristics of the power supply ? What is the smallest design can be done ? This last question arises because I want to make PCB 's and the separation between tracks and accuracy of the stroke is something important David Thank you so much , I really like your work Saludos desde México, si algún día lo necesitas aquí tienes tu casa

[@AbsorberofLight]

Gracias amigo:) The current consumed by the Nema 17 is up to 1.2 amps. That's the maximum, it consumes less in my scenario. Power supply is 18V, 1.0 amp. This machine is extremely accurate and definitely good enough to make PCB's. Saludos desde Tejas!

[@lalomendez3857]

Thank you so much for answering my questions You have a great day , hopefully your projects continue to grow and be happy

[@jerrywhidby5259]

Could you create a pattern with your CNC to allow your pantograph to walk the cup perfectly?

[@AbsorberofLight]

For sure!

[@JamiestimpsonOrg]

Your killing it with the different angles!! Awesome editing job!! Love ya my friend!!!

[@AbsorberofLight]

Thank you Jamie!!! Love y'all:)

[@jwiereng]

This how you spell you’re

[@notretiredrefreshed3245]

Pantograph on my everlast plasma cutter would be hot!

[@LeightonGill]

Is this based on Matthias Wandels design?

[@rlewis1946]

Fascinating, ingeniously creative. New sub from Buffalo, NY. Looking forward to exploring your Channel and learning new things! RL

[@erlinghagendesign]

for your manual version: how about you add a steel ball under your stylus and let it slide on a smooth surface. This will surely be much more frictionless, therefore much more even in movement. Imagine you have a set of different sized ' steel ball shoes ' that you just switch under your stylus and with another method created grooves that the steel ball can slide in. I am sure it will be less troublesome and therefore setting free more energy for creative play. greetings Herri in China

[@johndeninger3313]

do you sell the plans, and would the ratio be 1 to 1 in size if i used it for plasma cutting?

[@fredsmith6160]

I'd love to create something like this for my everlast plasma cutter. This would be really cool

[@rameshtripathy5978]

It is a awesome method for welding & helpful to technicians and manufacturing works ! thanks for your proven idea !

[@lawxr6eBay]

Thats really freaking cool brother! I'm sure you've sorted this out - thinking torch slightly more angle, using a really smooth tracing surface with a ball bearing tip in the stylus? I've only Just found your channel- first episode I've watched- you earned my sub. Gonna check your channel out now 💯

[@siniestros7]

Amazing job, do you have any ideas for my old fashion electrode welding machine, is there anything I can do similar to this? I'm a horrible welder, a machine like this would make my life soooo much easier

[@AbsorberofLight]

You'd have to find a way to feed the electrode evenly. Too complicated, MIG is the way to go.

[@AtlasReburdened]

I know it's even more cnc like, but you could throw some pwm at that actuator and get perfect speeds.

[@Gopinath-eq8yy]

Do you have the design in Creo or cad or in any software

[@victorhugosantoro6765]

realmente muy bueno amigo se ve claramente que te agrada lo que haces

[@vittofavaretto1612]

Fantastic, Very good

[@eriff]

el actuador funciona con aire? The actuator work on compressed air?

[@AbsorberofLight]

Es electrico, 12v.

[@carlosgarciasanchez6915]

What amperage do you need?

[@drghammohammad6571]

it is an amazing idea and I want to make a mini project similar to it .. can you give me the dimension of the parts ??

[@baiideka9238]

Great idea. But the good speed is the speed of the bubble ...

[@russellharper6583]

that is an awesome set up for the home build i loveit

[@aldrin6053301]

outstanding ideas with a set of tools and skills .... is there any possible way that, you can accommodate an assistant !!!! :) :)

[@bockforzelorum01]

I like it!!!! Awesome and I was learned to do the Job as a welder for American Workers from South Carolina for a time in Germany (Bavaria/Munich) how to welding in the 1990s.

[@FelixMolva]

Impresora 3D de metal...?????

[@neivamejia1780]

are u selling that pan ?

[@AbsorberofLight]

Sure. Email me.

[@neivamejia1780]

+Absorber Of Light may I have that email, please ?

[@AbsorberofLight]

[e-mail]

[@cybot63]

Mig welding is done with the nozzle on and angle to the weld not straight on. Mig should be pushed into the weld and stick welding is pulled away from the weld. It makes a better weld at a 30 - 50 deg angle from welded surface.

[@v8trauma]

cybot63 ... and the great push/pull debate begins once more.

[@cybot63]

It's not a debate when you have been a TSSA certified Welder fitter in pressure vessel welding for 20 years That is how the process is done and that is how I do it. That's why I have never failed a test.

[@v8trauma]

cybot63 Congrats on that. However, there's an argument to be made for both in certain circumstances. You may not be aware of them, but they exist. Extra penetration, thin stuff, some flux core, the list goes on ... its not all pressure vessels and expensive kit. Oh and I've done a bit myself now and again.

[@chautle73]

Eres un chingon saludos desde Mexico...lo mejor!!!

[@manuellando2060]

Gracias tienes un gran talento y exelente idea te felicito.

[@stivi739]

great vids mate..keep it up

[@pablorivero8311]

Muy bueno y creativo amigo, un saludo y un abrazo!

[@PIOLINSANCHEZ]

El vernier para marcar, que bárbaro!!!

[@mannyyabar7659]

So, after seeing your two videos about this pantograph, most likely , the DIY CNC build seed is already in you ... build one!

[@AbsorberofLight]

Here you go: kzbin.info/aero/PL5XWdvlE3dBse8w8gQvMbzhHKSbs1676W

[@gateway8833]

By chance have you met my wife? Shes kind of like your channel name, Absorder of Souls, or maybe Energy Vampire, or Perpetual Darkness. Seriously really enjoy your vedios.

[@AbsorberofLight]

Haha. Nope haven't met her. Thanks for watching!

[@davidsw595]

You're so smart. How much will you charge to build me a rig?

[@AbsorberofLight]

Thank you. Email me please.

[@davidsw595]

you can facebook me. I will give you my e-mail there David Wallis

[@AbsorberofLight]

[e-mail]

[@OldIronRC]

Nice, very clever.

[@gregaltenhofel7326]

This should work well and give you some interesting things to do with a plasma cutter.

[@jimbelkin7301]

I've never seen a pantograph used with a welder before. I want to make something like this for an Everlast plasma cutter.

[@73superglide62]

Speed control

[@bockforzelorum01]

greatings from Saxony in Germany!!!

[@oldscout7]

Man....I sure like the way you think!

[@scort0]

В конце кривой шов не из-за люфта штока, а потому что пантограф по радиусу двигается, это же не параллельная каретка.

[@luisenriquelira]

excellent Idea, excelente idea!!!

[@1975ma3x]

Grets from Poland :)

[@salehalgher]

great idea i like it alote i just start watch your video keep going with new idea please

[@RomanoRomaker]

Top idea !

[@miltonjunior78]

Very interesting! Hasta la vista!

[@aleksandr.scheenberg.]

Нармуль придумал 👍😉

[@ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЙШМИДТ]

Идея хорошая. Но нужна механика. Се ровно рука дёргается из за этого хов не ровный.

[@ngoccamdoan]

nice job

[@placidioplacidinho1515]

Very good muito bom (in português-Brasil.)

[@joselolopez3635]

muy bueno el invento!

[@saul_automation]

Very nice ,👍

[@philbimpson8758]

Really cool. peace n love from Liverpool England

[@أبوالمهدي-ر3ص]

افكارك ممتازة ومفيدة

[@nunomiguelsantosalmeida9861]

Nice, very nice.....

[@basilenglish]

Instead of an actuator why don't you just make a manual speed control circuit and use a stepper motor with a nut on it which runs up and down a lead screw

[@AbsorberofLight]

Sure, that would work too.

[@ExclusiveEntertanmnt]

What did we say when we were just kids... AWSOME... Eleviates the loss of line path my son runs into all the time.He doesn't do it enough to retain the eye/hand control of the path... I won't take it over for him... need him to gain the experienceI DO : cut-fit- and jig everything for/with him... and ahead of himI like those passes A LOT..Looks like I'm going to have to see how much square stock is out there...

[@mkrbrkr]

Vey cool, my Austin neighbor!

[@harshsharma329]

Great idea

[@qalammakata9574]

عبقرية رغم بساطتها

[@juarezjavier3284]

Muy bueno. Te felicito

[@gervasio5132]

good...good, very good !

[@GodfatherMaxi]

Soo cool .

[@montag1233]

ART

[@dalemasyk1583]

hmmmm ok you got kindna cool set up , but a SMALL- SCALE cant really do anything big . i'll stick with freehand lol alot quicker n have 2-way of choices big or small welds

[@KosLucik]

Спасибо за видео,жду следующего, удачи

[@АндрейГлазырин-ч3ч]

как думаешь, тебя поняли???

[@KosLucik]

Андрей Глазырин пусть переводят)

[@kkulichulakkuchu6155]

Андрей Глазырин 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍)))))

[@brendanconroy8784]

What’s the point of this ?

[@خادمقمبر-ك1ض]

Thank you very much for this video.

[@JohnKlopp]

Way cool!

[@eugeniomorenocuellar5125]

interesante el tema!

[@nelsonmelosilva41]

Muito Bom !!!

[@alejandrodelrio960]

muy bien amigo

[@Martuszewski]

Only way I see this having any real reason is to have robotic arm is if self load non welded items and then weld them as your not present. Therefore, I could weld items as fast and better in quality.

[@EltonsakuraJim]

sangat kreatif

[@Eversoncorreasilva]

Perfect!!!

[@homemadetools]

Nice! If you want more views, feel free to embed your video on our homemade tools forum; looks like you're one of us :-)

[@davidvsb]

Genial!

[@manuellando2060]

Thank very nice...

[@adelelsharkawy9874]

Pravooooo

[@MrDemair]

good morning

[@MrDemair]

passesto me the measures

[@akannaf4438]

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