General welding questions that dont fit in TIG, MIG, Stick, or Certification etc.
delraydella
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How old would any one guess this to be? It's up for auction in Utah. There's no brand name on it as far as I know. The only description says it's an arc welder.
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It looks very similar to the old Lincwelder.
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/assets/s ... /im132.pdf
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it's a 600amp sa bullet type ac/dc generator made by lincoln. the instruction manual for this machine is # 1m-103-a. it had self indicating continuous controls and was popular in shipyards in the 1950's. there's still some in the larger shops today. i have used both the bullet and the linc-welder in the past and found the dual controls very hard to adjust.
TamJeff
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I've also seen that bullet in my welding travels but can't remember for the life of me where. It may have been when I was shopping for a used machine for myself some years back. I don't feel so bad about my A/BP now :D

I have owned my machine for 17 years by now and it still cranks out sweet welds without any mystery from one day to the next.
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We had bullets like that all over the shipyard. Ours were a bit bigger though 1200 -1500 amps each.
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