4570Man
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So you are saying your spring clamps will take more load than the magnetic ones???I bought one a few years ago and really liked it at first. So much so I bought three more so I had them for all four welders. Over time my love for them declined and I know have gone back to clamps. There are some situations where they work great where a clamp won't by they pop off to easy. I have pretty heavy gauge welding lead and just the weight of it puts a good deal of force on the magnet making the slightest tug on the lead cause it to fall off. For some situations they are great but I no longer use them.
So you are saying your spring clamps will take more load than the magnetic ones???
Gotcha... I have never played with a spring loaded ground clamp with serious clamp up. But I'm just a hack. I get it that there are weak magnets out there... just play with the HF magnet holders. Sort of worthless except for very light weight materials.I would say it depends on the age and amp rating of a spring clamp. I've got some big amp Tweco's that I dare anyone with medium sized hands to use them one handed.
One good thing about traditional ground clamps is that you can wiggle them around a bit to get a better connection. Can't really do that with a Magswitch.
Terry
Gotcha... I have never played with a spring loaded ground clamp with serious clamp up. But I'm just a hack. I get it that there are weak magnets out there... just play with the HF magnet holders. Sort of worthless except for very light weight materials.
4-3/4'' Multipurpose Magnet Holder
I do have an appreciation for powerful magnets, especially those that you can 'turn on'.
Gotcha... I have never played with a spring loaded ground clamp with serious clamp up. But I'm just a hack. I get it that there are weak magnets out there... just play with the HF magnet holders. Sort of worthless except for very light weight materials.
4-3/4'' Multipurpose Magnet Holder
I do have an appreciation for powerful magnets, especially those that you can 'turn on'.
Mark. StrongHand Tools makes a good switchable magnet for welding. Much better than those little red ones.
Here's a pic of one amongst some of my spring type ground clamps. Tweco's , a Lenco, Jackson and a couple of decent 'no name' brands.
Just didn't want anyone to think I thought a Magswitch ground was the "cure all - end all".View attachment 509108
Terry
Another thing that I've NOT seen mentioned - ALL magnets work stronger with THICKER metal, up to maybe 3/4" thick - the thicker metal brings more of the magnetic lines of force into play.
So, if you're using a mag ground on thin metal it WILL come loose if you hang too much ground cable on it - to some extent, you could maybe figure out a way to support the cable SEPARATELY under those conditions, but personally if I decide to get a mag ground I'll just put another set of tweco connectors in play - everything else I have is converted to those so I can use extra leads wherever I need 'em, so it'd be easy to just "unplug" the mag ground and plug in a clamp type (with a SHORT WHIP, of course) - best of BOTH worlds that way... Steve
So you are saying your spring clamps will take more load than the magnetic ones???