New to me antique welder

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Re: New to me antique welder

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RoamingGnome wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:20 pm That's a cool vintage welder - Good job on the wire brushing :worship: you left a really nice patina too!
Once you get it all cleaned up like that . Put some clear tremclad on it to keep that look .
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Re: New to me antique welder

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DavidBarkey wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:58 pm
RoamingGnome wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:20 pm That's a cool vintage welder - Good job on the wire brushing :worship: you left a really nice patina too!
Once you get it all cleaned up like that . Put some clear tremclad on it to keep that look .
Great idea guys, illustrated get some clear rust paint just for this. :thumbsup:
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propane1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:33 pm That’s neat Eugen. It sure will help to keep your mind off the thumb pain. My Sears welder has that high/low range setting. I don’t know what it’s for thou. You can set it to 100 amps on either scale. :106:

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This one you don't even know the amps :geek:
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Re: New to me antique welder

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Eugen wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:39 pm
propane1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:33 pm That’s neat Eugen. It sure will help to keep your mind off the thumb pain. My Sears welder has that high/low range setting. I don’t know what it’s for thou. You can set it to 100 amps on either scale. :106:

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This one you don't even know the amps :geek:

Oh. I see. Hehe.


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Re: New to me antique welder

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DavidBarkey wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:55 pm
propane1 wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:33 pm That’s neat Eugen. It sure will help to keep your mind off the thumb pain. My Sears welder has that high/low range setting. I don’t know what it’s for thou. You can set it to 100 amps on either scale. :106:

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High is for standing on a ladder and low is for lying under .
I’m not good on ladders. So I’ll keep it on the “ low “ setting. Thanks Dave


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Re: New to me antique welder

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@Eugen even if you end up scraping the internals, the case would be really cool to display!
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Nice welder!

Two thumbs, way up! Or as far up as possible, considering the injury....

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Re: New to me antique welder

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There are two connections for the stinger plug. One for high and one for low. The amps on the scale on the front of the machine may read the same but the voltage will be different. Higher voltage on the high scale. :peace: Harry
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