A welding assembly including a welding gun for providing spaced welds on
opposite sides of members being welded. The welding gun includes two
welding tips so that both welds can be formed without moving the gun or
the members relative to each other. Preferably one weld tip is connected
to a force applying mechanism such as a hydraulic cylinder to clamp the
members together and improve the connection between the weld tips and the
members. The weld gun can be used for making one or two welds while in
the engaged position around the members being welded. Also, one of the
weld tips can be replaced with a support that merely provides the force
applying function.