Another welder

[Al Smith]

The"Tombstones"have been around forever .The originals were copper wound and I've seen them with plug ins rather than the switch .Lincoln sold a whole lot of them through out the years .They are what they are but good enough for the average repair and fabrication work .

 

[OnlyStihl]

No new welder. Seller sold it. Probably to someone local, saving himself a long drive to meet me 1/2 way. Just as well, and I saved myself >$60 in gas.

 

[Bill G]

No new welder. Seller sold it. Probably to someone local, saving himself a long drive to meet me 1/2 way. Just as well, and I saved myself >$60 in gas.

Yes that was a blessing. Don't fix it if it aint broke. Shiny welders do not weld better than dull ones.

 

[Al Smith]

. Shiny welders do not weld better than dull ones.

That could apply to a lot of things .

 

[OnlyStihl]

Seller got back to me and said he decided to donate the welder to the high school. Welder will teach a couple of generation of young kids a valuable lesson or trade.

 

[Bill G]

...............The Century got heavy use when I welding up two of these BBQ/Smoking grates for my burn barrel converted old water tank. The other grate is 4 inches deeper to give room for the lid when smoking a Turkey or a duck.

The old barrel grills were one of the three final projects my high school welding students could choose from.

Some did not turn out great who the hell am I kidding most did not turn out great.

 

[Bill G]

Seller got back to me and said he decided to donate the welder to the high school. Welder will teach a couple of generation of young kids a valuable lesson or trade.

A good cause that is near and dear to my heart.

 

[OnlyStihl]

Did some welding today. Redid the very poor factory bracket for my log splitter.

1/2 way done. My Century AC230 Stick Welder did an outstanding job. First picture is the weak broken OEM bracket. First time buying steel, 1.5" square tubing and some 1/4 solid square stock steel. Not perfect but will last a long long time, probably outlive the splitter itself.

After I use this for a few days, I'll finish up the other side, then grind down the welding buggers and paint it yellow to keep the factory colors.

And lastly the new extension cord and 50Amp breaker is 100% working.

 

[Al Smith]

Speaking of splitters last summer I did a lot of welding repairs on a relatively new "dirty hand " designed ,5" cylinder .Made in China sold under many names .One thing is very obvious the Chinese don't know how to weld .Welds splitting out every where .I broke out the AC/DC Forney 7018 rods and beefed them up so they will never fail .That damned machine was designed to fail .My word grade 2 bolts ,down hand welds .Who ever made it must have stopped because Surplus Center Hydraulics had a couple of hundred hydraulic pumps they used which they sold very cheaply . Evidently bought in a job lot situation .

 

[Al Smith]

Speaking of splitters last summer I did a lot of welding repairs on a relatively new "dirty hand " designed ,5" cylinder .Made in China sold under many names .One thing is very obvious the Chinese don't know how to weld .Welds splitting out every where .I broke out the AC/DC Forney 7018 rods and beefed them up so they will never fail .That damned machine was designed to fail .My word grade 2 bolts ,down hand welds .Who ever made it must have stopped because Surplus Center Hydraulics had a couple of hundred hydraulic pumps they used which they sold very cheaply . Evidently bought in a job lot situation .

As for the splitter the only thing other than chitty welds was the location of the valve on the left hand side of the cylinder making it unsafe trying to feed it from the right hand side .Should have been dead center on the cylinder .The hydraulics had all been fouled up evidently from the previous owner not understanding how it worked .The control valve was installed almost backwards ,The pump not the control valve on that design the shift valve was located in the pump not the valve .Having addressed all that with a 5" cylnder and 10 HP engine it did a good job

 

[fredx]

Just an FYI-- dont throw stones @ me for bringing this up, only purpose is helping out here

The photo in the first post is not of a "welder"-- those are called machines, not welders
Welders are people that weld. I was a welder for over 40 years, no other person that I ever worked with EVER called those a welder.

Again- not trying to cause any feathers to be ruffelled - if your ever in a conversation with expeirenced people in the trade / field this tad bit of information would prevent you from coming off like an inexpeirenced person, just call it a machine and you will fit right in.

I do think in regards to this particular post the title and references wold have been better stated " Another welding machine"

 

[Al Smith]

" Another welding machine"

Point taken but "machine "could be buzz box, retifier, motor generator or engine driven if you want to split hairs .BTW I have all of them .

 

[Bill G]

Just an FYI-- dont throw stones @ me for bringing this up, only purpose is helping out here

The photo in the first post is not of a "welder"-- those are called machines, not welders
Welders are people that weld. I was a welder for over 40 years, no other person that I ever worked with EVER called those a welder.

Again- not trying to cause any feathers to be ruffelled - if your ever in a conversation with expeirenced people in the trade / field this tad bit of information would prevent you from coming off like an inexpeirenced person, just call it a machine and you will fit right in.

I do think in regards to this particular post the title and references wold have been better stated " Another welding machine"

Well why don't you go correct Miller then.

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[Bill G]

Just an FYI-- dont throw stones @ me for bringing this up, only purpose is helping out here

The photo in the first post is not of a "welder"-- those are called machines, not welders
Welders are people that weld. I was a welder for over 40 years, no other person that I ever worked with EVER called those a welder.

Again- not trying to cause any feathers to be ruffelled - if your ever in a conversation with expeirenced people in the trade / field this tad bit of information would prevent you from coming off like an inexpeirenced person, just call it a machine and you will fit right in.

I do think in regards to this particular post the title and references wold have been better stated " Another welding machine"

When a guy askes you to grab a crescent wrench do you also correct him and tell him it is an adjustable end wrench?
When someone says they need a pair of vise grips do you correct them and inform them that they are actually adjustable locking pliers?
How about when someone needs a pair of channel locks, do you correct them?


Now if you want to get technical the person performing the welding operation is a weldor not a welder.

I will assure you in any industry I have worked in a person who tries to correct a someone's use of terminology in relation to commonly used and interchangeable terms would not last.........til the end of shift.

 

[Al Smith]

Then comes a"pair of pants "however a ladys garment commonly is called a bra but logically it comes in two . but not called a pair of bra's
for some reason .

 

[OnlyStihl]

I split about a 1/3 of a cord yesterday, and some were very heavy logs and the new bracket never moved. Very solid.

I had a left over length with 3 inches to spare and cut and welded one last strengthening piece before splashing some paint on.

Probably get started on the other side in a few days.

 

[OnlyStihl]

Finished this up yesterday. Had an extra 8" of tubing so welded a stub to protect the engine. Not really necessary, but in the past I have had logs fall towards the engine and was able to catch it or slow it down enough to avoid damage.

 

[Bill G]

I've owned both. I prefer the leads being removable, and the amperage being more adjustable on the Century vs the Lincoln. The Century has a sliding shunt to control the amperage whereas the Lincoln had hardwired fixed positions. This requires the Lincoln welder to be shut off to change the amperage, else cause some arching at the contacts. Lincoln is bigger, more marketing at times in its history, so that everybody thinks Lincoln for this style welder. And of course, they were the bigger fish and bought Century.

I am not following you there. All SMAW welders have removeable leads.

 

[Bill G]

A few weeks back I picked up this Miller AC/DC with the leads for $75 delivered to my door. I was never a big fan of the Thunderbolts but for $75 to my door I could not say no.

 

[OnlyStihl]

I am not following you there. All SMAW welders have removeable leads.

If you say so...

Removing the casing/shell and unbolting the leads from within, is not "removeable" in my book.