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Show Us your Welders!
- Thread starter RandyM
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There are some cool looking welders here. Here's my 1960 Sears Craftsman OXY/ACET set. I bought it over 25 years ago and used it on a hobby bases up until 5 years ago. Only because I haven't had access to welding gas until now (I won a set of tanks, with papers at an auction yesterday).
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How do you guys like those everlast welders? Especially the powerpro TIG/Stick/Plasma? That welder has been on my wish list for 2yrs or so.
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My daily driver is a crafstman wire feed welder, not worth showing. And I have an old oxy/'settlin torch.
But you guys might like this: it's a long-reach resistive spot welder that I made out of microwave oven transformers and scrap wire. It puts out over 3,000A and will spot weld steel up 1/8" thick.
I made it so that I could make this; a portable console for a training simulator that I designed:
But you guys might like this: it's a long-reach resistive spot welder that I made out of microwave oven transformers and scrap wire. It puts out over 3,000A and will spot weld steel up 1/8" thick.
I made it so that I could make this; a portable console for a training simulator that I designed:
Mike
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All,
I'm glad to see that there is an interest in vintage welders. There are some cool looking ones, just like cool looking milling machines, vises, etc. Over the past 3 years, I've bought I sold several AC welders. I thought that I'd share pictures of some of them.
The Airco (first picture) was my favorite AC buzz box because it had infinite settings and it was only 12" tall.
The Hobart ACDC LX (next to last picture), is my current stick welder. It's a joy to use. I plan to order a new face plate for it, to make it look as close to new as I can.
I'm glad to see that there is an interest in vintage welders. There are some cool looking ones, just like cool looking milling machines, vises, etc. Over the past 3 years, I've bought I sold several AC welders. I thought that I'd share pictures of some of them.
The Airco (first picture) was my favorite AC buzz box because it had infinite settings and it was only 12" tall.
The Hobart ACDC LX (next to last picture), is my current stick welder. It's a joy to use. I plan to order a new face plate for it, to make it look as close to new as I can.
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Here are my machines.
From left to right, Miller Dynasty DX300 TigRunner, Miller MM251, ESAB PCM-875 plasma cutter on cart and under the cart is my Miller Passport.
Mike.
From left to right, Miller Dynasty DX300 TigRunner, Miller MM251, ESAB PCM-875 plasma cutter on cart and under the cart is my Miller Passport.
Mike.
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I like mine a lot. It has a very stable, smooth arc, and is easy to use. I very rarely use the stick or plasma features. Mostly AC/DC TIG.
I bought a small air cooled torch to go along with the behemoth water cooled torch that came with the unit. It works great up to 150 amps, and is much easier to control. I do more small welding than large, but I have cranked it up a couple of times welding large aluminum castings.
GG
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Not to be outclassed by all the new-fangled stuff, here's mine- I just got it, haven't hooked it up yet, but I tested it at the seller's house and it does great beads. Been in his family for decades he said, built 3 trailers with it and a bunch of other stuff...It's older than me!
