Electrode tip impact tools and methods of installing electrodes

A method of assembling an electrode tip onto a weld arm of a welding robot using an electrode tip impact tool, the method comprising:

• placing an electrode tip at an electrode mounting location of the weld arm;
• aligning the impact tool with the electrode tip such that the electrode tip is inserted into a tip-receiving bore, the impact tool comprising:
• a handle;
• a head at an end of the handle, the head includes a first edge comprising the tip-receiving bore sized to receive the electrode tip and an opposite second edge comprising a raised ridge for striking the head with a hammer;
• and
• a striking projection that extends outward from a flat surface of the raised ridge completely surrounding the striking projection;
• wherein the handle extends outward from a bottom of the head, the bottom extending between the first and second edges and having a first length in a direction perpendicular to the handle that is greater than a height in a direction parallel to the handle of the first and second edges, the head having a top that is opposite of and parallel to the bottom extending between the first and second edges, the tip-receiving bore extending inward from the first edge toward the raised ridge;
• wherein the raised ridge and striking projection together extend outward from the second edge a second length in the direction perpendicular to the handle that is less than the first length of the bottom of the head;
• and
• striking the raised ridge with a hammer with the electrode tip in the tip-receiving bore.