And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I always was a Lincoln guy. Not that there's anything wrong with Miller, but everything I ever owned (which was a lot) was Lincoln. I was never disappointed with any of it.
I really miss fabricating stuff. But my eyes and my body just won't let me do it anymore. It's petty satisfying to make things out of steel that will last virtually forever. I often wonder if someone has ever come across something I made years ago and said "Wow. This guy knew what he was doing." I'd sure like to think so.
From the Manufacturer The AC/DC 225/125 Welder is the deluxe version of the world renowned AC-225 arc welder. It uses the same traditional design of the AC-225, but adds the smother, more stable DC welding arc. Ideal for farm, shop, and home use where improved are welding performance is desired. The AC/DC 225/125 is an arc welding power source with an AC welding output range of 40-225 amps and a DC welding output of 30-125 amps. It is an extremely useful stick welding power source for maintenance repair, fabrication, construction, erection and hard surfacing applications. Also for cutting and piercing holes in steel.
I've used both Millers and Lincolns, but I agree the AC/DC is the one to get. Love these old crackerboxes - they can lay a bead of hard-facing on a shredder blade, or fix a crack on a housing. It might be Farm-boy ugly, but they hold.
Clevelander, here, went to Lincoln's school for 9 weeks, worked in the film industry welding, fabbing, other tasks for forty years. dad lungs and eyes, my own lack of giving a damn, mostly.
the Lincoln factory was no nonsense and income could exceed 100% of your base pay by quarterly evaluations. everyone ate in the same cafeteria (good chow/low$$) including Lincoln himself, in my nine weeks I sat at the same table he did one time.
if you hired in as, say, an entry level electrical engineer, you did the better part of your first year on the factory floor welding machines together, etc, working the bluecollar end before you got upstairs in the engineering department.
they had a bulletin board where employees put up for sale ads- vacation homes, high end cars, bikes, boats, etc.
in my time they were the highest paid industrial workers in the world. mind you, "having a bad day" didn't exist there.
I have one of these and it works awesome. I made a DC converter for it so if I want to weld DC I plug the unit into the welding leads and off I go. I can reverse the polarity so I can do DC+ and DC-. I have seen these on Craigslist for $50. They will work long after you do.
Oh lordy. Buzz box. The crudest, least useful welding machine available. For the same price you can get a multi process solid state machine that'll do flux, GMAW, TIG, and weld anything from 24 ga to 1/2" in steel or aluminum. These are stone axes in a CNC world.
How are you going to make money on a product with no buying options? C'mon, man!
ReplyDeleteKind of cool, kind of retro.
ReplyDeleteI always was a Lincoln guy. Not that there's anything wrong with Miller, but everything I ever owned (which was a lot) was Lincoln. I was never disappointed with any of it.
I really miss fabricating stuff. But my eyes and my body just won't let me do it anymore. It's petty satisfying to make things out of steel that will last virtually forever. I often wonder if someone has ever come across something I made years ago and said "Wow. This guy knew what he was doing." I'd sure like to think so.
So, . . . is stick welding fading away?
ReplyDeleteI'd recommend the Lincoln AC/DC welder instead.
ReplyDeleteLincoln Electric Stick Welder, 225AC/125DC, 230V, 50A, OCV 79, L (K1297) https://a.co/d/4ubjgG9
From the Manufacturer
DeleteThe AC/DC 225/125 Welder is the deluxe version of the world renowned AC-225 arc welder. It uses the same traditional design of the AC-225, but adds the smother, more stable DC welding arc. Ideal for farm, shop, and home use where improved are welding performance is desired. The AC/DC 225/125 is an arc welding power source with an AC welding output range of 40-225 amps and a DC welding output of 30-125 amps. It is an extremely useful stick welding power source for maintenance repair, fabrication, construction, erection and hard surfacing applications. Also for cutting and piercing holes in steel.
I've used both Millers and Lincolns, but I agree the AC/DC is the one to get. Love these old crackerboxes - they can lay a bead of hard-facing on a shredder blade, or fix a crack on a housing. It might be Farm-boy ugly, but they hold.
DeleteLearned to weld on this fifty years ago. Commonly referred to as a “buzz box” because of the buzzing sound it makes when you are welding.
ReplyDeleteClevelander, here, went to Lincoln's school for 9 weeks, worked in the film industry welding, fabbing, other tasks for forty years. dad lungs and eyes, my own lack of giving a damn, mostly.
ReplyDeletethe Lincoln factory was no nonsense and income could exceed 100% of your base pay by quarterly evaluations. everyone ate in the same cafeteria (good chow/low$$) including Lincoln himself, in my nine weeks I sat at the same table he did one time.
if you hired in as, say, an entry level electrical engineer, you did the better part of your first year on the factory floor welding machines together, etc, working the bluecollar end before you got upstairs in the engineering department.
they had a bulletin board where employees put up for sale ads- vacation homes, high end cars, bikes, boats, etc.
in my time they were the highest paid industrial workers in the world. mind you, "having a bad day" didn't exist there.
Thanks for that.
DeleteI just read John C. Lincoln's Wikipedia page. What a remarkable man he was.
I remember selling these in late 70's at TSC for under $ 60.00
ReplyDeleteI have one of these and it works awesome. I made a DC converter for it so if I want to weld DC I plug the unit into the welding leads and off I go. I can reverse the polarity so I can do DC+ and DC-.
ReplyDeleteI have seen these on Craigslist for $50. They will work long after you do.
Oh lordy. Buzz box. The crudest, least useful welding machine available. For the same price you can get a multi process solid state machine that'll do flux, GMAW, TIG, and weld anything from 24 ga to 1/2" in steel or aluminum. These are stone axes in a CNC world.
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