Is $100 a good deal for Lincoln AC/DC 225/125?

[JB4310]

No offense taken. I agree. I probably should not mention I have welders in the shop from all the major players, Lincoln, Hobart and Miller. No ESAB here...yet....and Thermal Dynamics

I was referring to David the OP, whom I assume is new to welding.
Wasn't calling you a tinkerer

i would get a thunderbolt acdc .the infinite adjustment and 150 amp dc makes it better. 1/8 7018 sometime needs more juice than 125.it can be run on a 50 amp breaker.bigger transformer welders use more power at the same amp settings.if you have a 100 amp breaker i have used a dial arc,ideal arc and esab 252 and they are superior machines.for a farm welder not necessary.i have a 140 amp everlast inverter and have used several miller inverters,i like the way they weld but if i had only one welder for farm use {50 amp breaker } it would be a acdc thunderbolt .

That's what I have, couldn't be better suited to my needs so far.
Got it real cheap, in what looked like brand new condition at the time.
Had the ac only version for 30 years, I literally found it on the side of the road in a pile a rubbish, hope the ac/dc lasts half as long.

JB.

the old and the new

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

He did not respond to my email. Usually that is a bad sign.

I will try to call him tomorrow.

Is the old insulation on those old copper wires a problem? Cracked insulation could be a disaster I suspect...

David

I did not receive an email as far as I can tell from you. Trust me, if you sent one, and I saw it, it would be replied to asap. What email did you send it to?

 

[JB4310]

I did not receive an email as far as I can tell from you. Trust me, if you sent one, and I saw it, it would be replied to asap. What email did you send it to?

I think he meant the guy with the Idealarc machine???

 

[deereman75]

I think he meant the guy with the Idealarc machine???

Thats is what I thought.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Good then. I may have read it wrong, but from the reply, it seemed to be referring to me. My bad. I couldn't find any recent e mails from a guy named David.

 

[Short Game]

That's identical to the machine I started learning on. It was where I did a 13 year house sit. When I moved away, I bought the modern version of it. It's all I have known and it's all been self taught, along with picking the brain of a kid I knew who is a great welder. His advice helped my beads stop looking like bird poop. I'm really happy with my AC/DC Thunderbolt.

 

[creekbend]

Sorry. But I don't have a welder and its been many years since I used one. Good Luck MossflowerWoods.

 

[5030]

I was referring to David the OP, whom I assume is new to welding.
Wasn't calling you a tinkerer
But I am. That's what makes life interesting. I love to take things apart, especially machine tools....