I took it apart to finish painting tonight and grabbed a pic of what I'm saying on the transformer. Usually there is one choke on the front facing the faceplate. This has one on front AND back. Normal most common has nothing in the back and a big fat wide winding in the front: https://s20.postimg.or...

Everyones eyes are better or worse than the next guys. Only you can make the call because in the end you can read everything you want, but you gotta look through the hood. I've had everything and my take is this..... Lincoln 4c glass cannot be beat. The end. Miller digital infinity is nice real esta...

I have the one for my 69 idealarc 250 and the h1, h2, h3 sections read exactly like this buzzbox. Very odd that this machine is tapped like it is. It sounds more like I'm reading the manual for the buzzbox in this particular case. Lol. Thing i find most interesting is that lincoln had to plan this a...

Here is the post found for the dual voltage ac225s. Note that the front of the machine does not boast of dual voltage capability. It's not only "apperantly" rare, it's basically a secret inside. Based on advertising and front plate information, it would be accurate to say there were no dua...

Thanks for the info. I know it's pre-71 and thats good enough for me. I'd agree that knowing how bad the original selectors were it could have been modified, but that doesn't work out the h1, h2, h3, labels. Those were later 60s.The holes are side by side on the work cable, and the amperage output i...

A fella i know gave me a buzzbox today. I took it apart tonight and did maintenance then sanded it and gave it a coat of old school grey paint instead of the red that I usually do them in. I dig it! I did it this time because this is an old 60s model with solid copper leads from the transformer to t...

I'm in the area. Will probably be over at 2018 fab tech this year. I'm an hr from jody and jd.

The problem is that you are tack welding. The only part you NEED is the hot start, the part that isn’t there. You’re going to get a weak start and a cold weld with bad if any penetration, then melt over the top of it.

If you don’t like your welder you can run it on as little as you can get an arc with. We used to melt power supply transformers in audio amps by under supplying input current. Everytime the output load spiked the transformer heat immediately doubled. You’d be fortunate to get a 10% duty cycle. Hence...

You need a minimum of 15,000 watts generator. The arc strike is of most concern, but for more read here: http://m.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/generator-size-detail.aspx When i was looking to run a generator i had an 8,000 I was sure would do, but it wasn’t enough and I rea...

Pipelining, boilermaking, unions, plant jobs. These are what I’m offered. There is a new plant being built this year on a 15 year timeline so plenty of steady work with lots of $$$. My family is going to have a hand in it and I can get my foot in the door if I want. I’m in my 40’s and have never don...

You can’t tell where the leak is because you haven’t removed tank pressure from the low pressure side of the regulator. Until you pressurize the line, then close the tank, THEN let the regulator knob spin out to free so you can tell if the tank side or the line side is leaking you’re not going to fi...

Thank you I really enjoy it.

Here’s a few pics and a vid of my freshly restored 1957 Lincoln Idealarc 300 AC/DC. Hot start (arc boost) and dig (special applications) are standard on the machine. 300 amps 100%, 375 amps 60%, 450 amps 35% at 220/460 volts. Just rewired the input with new 8/3 and has 4/0 for work and 1/0 for elect...

I’m in chattanooga. There’s a certification test in memphis in two weeks, I’ll be dropping in for the certs.

Hey guys, followed the YouTube channel for a long time, decided to join the forum.

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So i do a bit of everything on steel in my shed. Mostly just trying to master the flux core.