Ever See An Arc Welder Like This?

CluelessNewB said:
Similar one is shown in this 1941 Sears catalog without the "wheelbarrow handles" and no vents on the top it's shown around page 38
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69 cents for 5 pounds of arc welding rod or $2.95 for 25 pounds....sign me up!
I guess I'd better spend more effort on that time machine.
-brino
 
TommyD,
Thanks for showing that welder. Many old welders had very cool designs. I've often wondered why there isn't as much interest in restoring them as other machines and tools.

Edit: Please don't take this in a bad way, but did you do an ohm test before plugging it in?
 
Cool old catalog. Even the Atlas/Craftsman and the AA/Craftsman metal lathes of the day...Bob
 
Never thought of ohm testing it, I'm a plug and play type of guy with lots of clean undies should something unexpected happen.
 
CluelessNewB said:
Similar one is shown in this 1941 Sears catalog without the "wheelbarrow handles" and no vents on the top it's shown around page 38:
http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/222/4393.pdf

Same thing shows up in the 1942 Sears catalog.

By 1948 that style seems to have disappeared from the Sears catalogs.
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Thanks for the link, the prices of the equipment and it's quality will never be seen again. Pity.

I THINK mine might be older, with the vents in the top. When I took the lid off I noticed something like varnish had drooled through the louvers and onto the transformer. I bet after a couple of occurrances like this, reported back to the manufacturer, initiated a change in the top.
 
Actually old transformers used to be dipped in varnish after winding. It stopped windings from moving around to stop both chaffing and movement induced hum.
could that be what you see?

-brino-
 
I don't think so, there is about a 1/4 hardened drop under the hood and under it is a hardened puddle of whatever it was. I'm not touching it, it has worked fine like this the 25 years I have had it, I have PLENTY more chores before I indulge in make-work for myself.
 
Never seen that particular one but my experience is its really hard to beat an old transformer welder they just run a better arc IMHO and the duty cycle is damn near as long as you wanna weld. I have an old Lincoln tombstone AC/DC and it welds great, leave it off a year at a time turn the knob and fire it up no complicated electronics like the inverters of today.
 
My dad had a welder that he built from transformers he acquired many years ago. The transformers were used in a Hollywood movie studio.

It had two levers with no markings and he was the only one who seemed to figure it out. Fortunately, we also had an Onan powered Miller welder that my brother and I were glad to roll outside to avoid being periodically shocked by the malicious machine.
 
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