Originally Posted by kain

In order to fix a metal boat with holes in it and escape a horde of man-eating army ants, MacGyver makes a mig welder out of a powerful deep cycle battery, some jumper cables, and a nickel, by running the DC current through the nickel to create heat and electrical discharge, which he can weld the (presumably tin) boat with.

thats fucken awesome.

Originally Posted by PureCRXtasy

It's also wrong. First of all, it was an ARC welder that he made (obviously, no shielding gas) and it was to fix a connecting rod in an engine, not fix a tin boat.

Originally Posted by wrksnfx

Actually it was a Emergency generator and he converted it to welded the the connecting rod for a gasoline engine powered pump to pump water to flood a deep ditch to delay the ants.