Wet 7018.

[CNC Dan]

Now that I have a welder, maybe fabbing up some big pliers would be an option.

you might be able to find/make a kick press:
http://www.google.com/search?q=kick...FMa50QGF4YAI&ved=0CDYQsAQ&biw=320&bih=508#p=0

 

[mikehaugen]

Now that I have a welder, maybe fabbing up some big pliers would be an option. The last time I made a dome, it was sledge, vice, or press. The press was slow as heck though.

Yup. I got the info from desert domes.

I remember that thread... pretty cool really. I always thought though that making some kind of a lever on like a cam would work pretty well.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Other than what I gain here I know squat about welding. A guy whom I work with suggested I get a couple of plastic air tight welding rod containers and then put in packets of descicant, the kind you find in electronics and stuff like that.

Thoughts on this approach?