Old welders

[bweb]

There was a post several days ago about old battery chargers. How about old welders? This one I bought from my neighbor who had it on the farm when he grew up. He's 82 so it's got some history. It's a heavy sucker. Show us yours.

 

[stdsch40]

I'd sell it for the copper inside. Get yourself a new Miller Multimatic or similar. Those old welders are only good for stick welding if that. Some antiques are really not usable nor reliable. Welding has come a very long way in the last 25 years, never mind 75 years.

 

[JOCCO]

No pictures but have had and used some old ones. Including welder generators. Still have my Miller dial arc. Been using it a lot lately. Used to be lots of the Lincoln pipeline machines but not now.

 

[stdsch40]

No pictures but have had and used some old ones. Including welder generators. Still have my Miller dial arc. Been using it a lot lately. Used to be lots of the Lincoln pipeline machines but not now.

Those old Lincoln welders likely sold for the scrap copper. Back when I was still a working stiff we used to do alot of demolishion work, old buildings, old industrial plants. The only things of any value were the main copper electrical cables and copper water pipes. And of course the land, everything else was junked. We used to joke about the new buildings going up, how in 50 years there wont be anything to salvage, aluminum cables and plastic pipes, not worth anything.

 

[leroy in ne]

That' a youngster. My old stick welder is in a wooden case, steel wheels, Hammet brand Kansas City, no duty cycle listed but says 30 minutes at 300 Amps. We had to raise it about 18 inches to load and it was all 3 of us could do to get it loaded. it loves 1/ 8 inch 7018 AC and 6011, smooth as silk for what I do anymore. Gave $35.00 about 30 years ago.

 

[bweb]

I'd sell it for the copper inside. Get yourself a new Miller Multimatic or similar. Those old welders are only good for stick welding if that. Some antiques are really not usable nor reliable. Welding has come a very long way in the last 25 years, never mind 75 years.

I bought it for an "emergency" welder at my place in the country. I turned it on to see if it works and haven't used it since. Only paid $25 for it. I've got a Miller mig here at the house for stuff here.

 

[rrlund]

I've got the old Lincoln buzz box that Dad bought new after the war when he moved home to the farm. I've put a new cord and a couple of new switches on it, but it's still going. There's holes for the cords for a battery charger in it. If I remember right, he said he never had that accessory for it.

 

[SkipperII]

That' a youngster. My old stick welder is in a wooden case, steel wheels, Hammet brand Kansas City, no duty cycle listed but says 30 minutes at 300 Amps. We had to raise it about 18 inches to load and it was all 3 of us could do to get it loaded. it loves 1/ 8 inch 7018 AC and 6011, smooth as silk for what I do anymore. Gave $35.00 about 30 years ago.

I learned a lot of my early welding skills on one like you described, don't remember the brand, two sets of knife switches, one set for the base setting, the other for finer adjustment.. As for the others comments that all they are good for is stick welding. Give me an old stick welder, out in the field, where you can't get the base metal perfectly clean, and a moderate wind blowing, (and dispersing your shielding gas), and some 6011 stick. Yes they weld stick, and they do it well.

 

[Dave F.]

I have an old P&H 180 amp A.C. stick welder. I know it's old my grandad had one
Like it ever since I was a little boy. I am 70 now. Dave F.

 

[Ol 54']

Don't get rid of those Good old stick welders, sometimes a guy can only afford and have one. Pops gave me his Glenn Roberts 230 amp welder before he passed, his favorite rod was 7018. I have been welding for over 55 years an own 4 welders. Try welding pipe overhead in a 100 degree weather for a living! Anybody can can Mig weld.

 

[Hayfarmer]

Don't get rid of those Good old stick welders, sometimes a guy can only afford and have one. Pops gave me his Glenn Roberts 230 amp welder before he passed, his favorite rod was 7018. I have been welding for over 55 years an own 4 welders. Try welding pipe overhead in a 100 degree weather for a living! Anybody can can Mig weld.

I have an old Montgomery Ward welder. I bought it because I used one for a guy I worked for and it worked well. I heard it was Marquet but not sure. It still works but have had problems with fan. I have a newer mig welder but it is 110 and not as much penetration.

 

[wore out]

I'd sell it for the copper inside. Get yourself a new Miller Multimatic or similar. Those old welders are only good for stick welding if that. Some antiques are really not usable nor reliable. Welding has come a very long way in the last 25 years, never mind 75 years.

"I'd sell it for the copper inside. Get yourself a new Miller Multimatic or similar. Those old welders are only good for stick welding if that."

WHAT a STRANGE comment for a relatively new poster to a site dedicated to the love of things OLD!

SURELY there must be a modern welding site that more closely fits your taste for modern, disposable things made of plastic and aluminum!

 

[Charles in Aus.]

"I'd sell it for the copper inside. Get yourself a new Miller Multimatic or similar. Those old welders are only good for stick welding if that."

WHAT a STRANGE comment for a relatively new poster to site dedicated to the love of things OLD!

SURELY there must be a modern welding site that more closely fits your taste for modern, disposable things made of plastic and aluminum!

Well said .

 

[sms]

I had an old P&H and really like liked it. It was stolen with a lot of other tools during the summer. Picture from the Internet. Mine wasn't as pristine.

 

[Ericp351]

Yup-scrap it----- Sounds like a jail bait (male secretary??) tiny-bopper with a queer little I Phone! Please fwd. copy of Guide Book: "How the beer gut set can scrap their way to Greatness," or the like.

 

[NoDakInMN]

I have an old Forney stick welder I'm rather fond of. I put new leads on it when I got it some 30+ years ago and that really woke it up. I need to do that again as the insulation is starting to crack rather badly. A lot of my smaller welding jobs are done with a Hobart 140, but now and then the old Forney needs to be called back into service.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I use dad's old 225 AC buzz box a lot of the time. It does a great job of laying down 7014 or 6013 even 6011. When using 7018 I use my Miller portable on DC . I have had that portable now for about 25 years and bought it new back then. A Trailblazer 260 or something like that with the Kubota diesel in it. Works well as a generator too. I don't need a portable welder much but sure is nice when I do. The old Lincoln dad has he's had since I was a kid so probably 60 years old or there about. IT has the pressed steel knob on it so long before the plastic ones came out.

 

[Harold Hubbard]

Mine isn’t that old. Montgomery Ward that Dad bought for me in 1973. I learned to weld that winter on the old Lincoln “torpedo” welders at the local high school. My instructor there was a semi-retired welder who had been in the trade since the beginning. He said the first welder he ever saw was a stone jar full of brine, withe two copper plates suspended in it. One side of the 220 line was grounded to the work, and the other hooked to one of the copper plates. The electrode holder was hooked to the other plate, and the current was adjusted by changing the distance between the plates.

 

[UncleTom]

I have a Lincoln welder AC that has the crank dial on it. It has the date of 1954 on the inside. Works pretty good. Same age as i am. I just cant see the puddle anymore so im pretty much done welding important stuff.

 

[Welding man]

Don't get rid of those Good old stick welders, sometimes a guy can only afford and have one. Pops gave me his Glenn Roberts 230 amp welder before he passed, his favorite rod was 7018. I have been welding for over 55 years an own 4 welders. Try welding pipe overhead in a 100 degree weather for a living! Anybody can can Mig weld.

Got you beat by a little bit. Went through Hobart Welding school in 1968. Have been welding every since. Last count I had 8 welders.