Worked on the old welder a bit this weekend

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BloomingtonMike

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1965 Lincoln IdealArc 250 300amp AC only stick welder when I brought her home for $150.

Before this weekend:
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After some cleaning, a bit of paint, new screws, and a 10ga new power cord. (A bit of glare at the bottom in the pictures - sorry) I Still have lots to do/clean/paint but she will come around. BTW - it welds perfectly as well!

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Also rebuilt a free old skool 9" Bosch grinder. Complete cleanout, regrease, and new handle and power plug. Now just need a safety guard for it!

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Hard to beat them old Lincolns!!

A neighbor asked me if I wanted a couple of "old welders" because he needed the room. Got this one so far...love before and after pictures. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Not bad for the cost of some paint and a couple of spark plugs!!
 
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What paint did you use. I picked Ford Red in the high heat variety. Seems to be a pretty good match for the lincoln pain. You welder looks great. I am looking for a Hi Freq uint for mine now. It never ends.
 
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Slick job, Mike. Looks "mint" now, (except for the wheels /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
 
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I will see what I can do about the wheels - don't want red stripes all over the garage. Maybe I will just polish them on the wheel contact surface and paint the hub sides.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I am looking for a Hi Freq uint for mine now.)</font>

Just a word of caution...
I have a Miller 330 A B/P and my instruction manual issues these specific warnings:

"Using high frequency with a stick electrode can result in serious personal injury."
"Place the high-frequency switch in the OFF position before performing Shielded Metal Arc Welding."
"The attempted use of high frequency to establish and arc with a stick electrode could cause and arc to form between the electrode holder and the operator."
 
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Long live the old Lincolns. Mine is from a dead guy in Idaho. Just cost me the fuel to go and get it which ain't chump change but much better than new. Not a lot of moving parts to go wrong. I only added a 25 foot or so power cord to the unit of much better quality than the original. I use my coleman generator for power when remote welding. I sure wish the actual working low voltage lines were easily replaceable as in the idealarc. The OEMs are very short.
 

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My original IdealArc 250 instruction manual tells me how to thaw a frozen pipe with this welder. Funny how things/safety changes over teh years. Actually there is a high freq unit that was made to be powered by this welder. That is the one I am looking for.
 
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Here is an early pic of my old Lincoln SA200. It belonged to my dad who was a steamfitter. After he passed away I dragged home from WI to NC. It hadn't been run in more than 25 years and it wasn't welding the last time it ran. I cleaned up the magneto points, new spark plug & wires, rebuilt the carb, unstuck some valves, and got the Continental side-valve running. Then I cleaned the literal mouse nest out of the main commutator area, disassembeled and cleaned up the rusted solid brush mounts, and cleaned up the commutators. (main & exciter) Now it welds like a champ! I still need to get it lookin pretty but I did clean the rust up and sprayed on some grey primer. Sorry, no after pic yet.
 

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Is this Belarus/Vladimirec on pic?
Interesting to see an old USSR tractor in USA /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 

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