For those of us who don’t do it every day, handling sheet metal can be a nerve-wracking affair. Sheet metal is thin, heavy, and sharp, and one wrong move while handling it can have much the same ...
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Turning an old microwave into something new

Salvage the microwave oven transformer (MOT) by discharging the lethal capacitor, unwinding the high-voltage secondary coil, and rewinding thick wire (e.g., 16mm²) for 3-5 turns to create a powerful ...
In this project, you'll learn step by step how to modify a microwave oven transformer into a high-current device that can pump out 800 amps of electrical current, which is enough amperage to melt ...
Microwave oven transformer spot welder builds are about as common as Nixie tube clocks around here. But this spot welder is anything but common, and it has some great lessons about manufacturing ...