MIG Stud Welding Kit

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The Eastwood MIG Stud Welding Kit transforms your MIG welder into a Stud Welder which can be used to repair and remove dents from sheet metal. This kit includes everything you will need to start repairing dents with your MIG welder. The kit includes MIG Stud Nozzle, Slide Hammer, 100 2mm Pins, and a replacement locking cam for the slide hammer. The nozzle included in this kit was designed to work with Tweco style nozzles and may or may not work with other style MIG torches.

About MIG Stud Welding Kit

The Eastwood MIG Stud Welding Kit transforms your MIG welder into a Stud Welder which can be used to repair and remove dents from sheet metal. This kit includes everything you will need to start repairing dents with your MIG welder. The kit includes MIG Stud Nozzle, Slide Hammer, 100 2mm Pins, and are placement locking cam for the slide hammer. The nozzle included in this kit was designed to work with Tweco style nozzles and may or may not work with other style MIG torches.This attachment will only accept 2 mm pins.

The following items are included with your Eastwood MIG Stud Welding Kit:Stud Welding Nozzle, Slide Hammer, 100 2mm Pins, Replacement Slide Hammer Knurled Locking Cam

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DO NOT insert pins with bare hands as the nozzle will get very hot and will cause a burn. Follow all safety precautions in your Welder's Instruction Manual. Wear appropriate safety equipment: Welding Helmet (Min Shade #11),Gloves, Long Sleeve Shirt and Pants, etc. Do not touch pin, nozzle, or welding wire while in use. Do not use on, near, or around fuel tanks. Be aware of your surroundings. Notify anyone in your area before using.

1 Year Warranty. Design and engineered in the USA. Final product imported.

2 mm Stud Pins, 500 pkg - 31041C

Customer Reviews

Love Eastwood Products but was Very Disappointed with this item (Posted on 5/5/13) Review by W Scott

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Watched the video, practiced on flat stock and similar metal, but when trying to use this in any areas that were other than very flat and wide access, the stud welds didn't take, or the stud posts didn't set

For serious hobbiest not for production use (Posted on 3/11/13) Review by Kartdad88

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Ordered dent puller kit to work on father/son project truck. Could not justify cost of stand alone stud welder for such random, occasional use. We followed the instructions and the added warnings to keep the roller taught before slide hammering. Had no issues at all. It may help teach a little patience to some individuals.

Not the quality I expected from Eastwood (Posted on 2/22/13) Review by ffshrek

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The nozzle worked ok, unless it was a sharper dent, then the wire doesn't hit where it is supposed to. The dent puller did not grab the pins after I used it on 8 pins. Do yourself a favor and do not purchase this tool.

Eastwood Comments:

To assure secure pin retention and avoid premature wear of the cam wheel, follow the below procedure. This process will eliminate the issue mentioned in the customer reviews, prolong cam wheel life and assure pin retention to easily pull dents.
· Insert slide hammer cam wheel over pin to be pulled.
· Insert as much of the pin into the slide hammer cam wheel as possible.
· Grasp cam wheel with either left or right thumb and pull back while applying tension on the slide hammer with the other hand.
· Hold thumb on cam wheel while activating slide hammer weight to slowly pull dent.

Note: It is best to weld multiple pins around the outside perimeter of the dent in a spiral pattern toward the center of the dent ( see instructions for details). Slowly pull on each pin multiple times and remove dent in an even fashion. With the above procedure on securing the cam wheel to the pins you will avoid premature wear to the cam wheel.

Did not work as advertised (Posted on 2/22/13) Review by L8racer

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I consider myself a good welder and teachable but I've almost worn out the knobs on my welder and the set screw on the adapter and still can't get this silly thing to work.
I've tried .025 and .030 wire, changed speed and heat and the pins either pull off or burn in half. I've moved the adapter up and back and get the same result. Thought maybe the fender wasn't clean enough so spent close to an hour trying to set it up on new steel.
I finally got so frustrated that I abandoned the effort and bought a cheap stud gun from a discount tool supplier (which works great!).
I'm very sorry I wasted money on this tool and would gladly return it for a full refund!

holder for pins wears out way too fast (Posted on 2/21/13) Review by powerfox66

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wore out both sides of both knurled wheels in no time..now system is useless. contacted Eastwood told to send entire system back for replacement. all we need is better wheels(harder metal) and availability of replacement wheels...very disappointed. working on our first resto and this has made it more difficult than easier..

poor product (Posted on 1/21/13) Review by Bino

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I have used a stud welder and would not spend $99.00 on something that wares out so quick. With a actual stud welder you dont have to drag your welder out. Plus, the slide hammer that came with the stud welder did not ware out on a truck i'm working on that had multiple dents in amost every panel. Do yourself a favor and buy a real stud welder for $250.00 that comes with a good slide hammer, plus studs.

Stud Welder Nozzle is Great / Slide Hammer is junk (Posted on 1/19/13) Review by Kerry

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I really like the stud welder nozzle. It was easy to install and use on my Eastwood Mig 135 that I like a lot.

The recommended settings in the instructions were just right for the metal I was working on.

The problem is with the slide hammer. As the other reviewer stated the "knurled wheel" wears out, it can be reversed and spare is included with the kit.

The "knurled wheel" or locking cam as the instruction booklet calls it only lasts for about 20-30 pins before it needs to be replaced.

Eastwood should provide a better locking cam or at least replacement cams for purchase or provide a better slide hammer with this kit to make it viable.

Welder adapter is great; Slide hammer makes the system a pain. (Posted on 12/22/12) Review by K3rry

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Welding the pins on is a snap with the adapter. It was easy to set up and work. The annoying part about the kit is the slide hammer. The small knurled cam on the slide hammer is weak and wears out quickly. They provide a second cam in the kit however about twenty pins is about all the cam can handle. You can flip the cam for additional use but the slide hammer ruins this product.

Nozzle works well, slide hammer lets system down. (Posted on 12/9/12) Review by Desoto61

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Only having a little bit of work I couldn't do with the hammer and dolly I figured this kit would be a good option over the more expensive regular stud welding kits.

The nozzle works well and fits on most standard Miller/Hobart guns. It was easy and quick to set up and works well. If you get a spare nozzle you can leave the adapter attached and set up and just swap nozzles in seconds.

The problem is the included slide hammer. It uses a knurled wheel to grab the pins. While it can both be reversed and a spare is included it just doesn't hold up. It quickly either becomes clogged with metal or worn smooth and then is essentially useless on the pins. In fact it's so bad I didn't even get through the first job I tried to use it on.

I like the nozzle but they either need to include a better pin adapter for the slide hammer or just sell the adapter and make you buy a better puller separately.