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Dalek WELD! WELD!

Those are great machines in my opinion.. My mentor had one and got to use it that thing welded all day long on 1/2" plate.. Great video enjoyed it

If that was made in 1940 and went for 200 dollars then, it would cost 3500 dollars today, with inflation

My dad had a 50 year old Craftsman stick welder. It actually had knobs on it . That welder looks much older. Never seen one like that before.

As soon as he started brushing, I thought about that wonderful taste of asbestos!

Layers and layers of asbestos! This thing looks terrifying. Awesome video!

That is a crazy old machine! Very educational information though. I can't wait to see it restored!

I think everyone wants to see a HF box added or a arc pig,,,,,, next video,,,, sponsorship we dont care, as long as you can show us the schematics on it ^^

7:57 Grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't, Great content. Loving it keep up the great work

awesome video and just as awesome of a machine cant wait to see it restored back to its original glory

I am completely self-taught for the last 25 years. Other than what I've read and books and learned off of KZfaq about welding and I never understood why you couldn't weld with a AC arc welder. Thank you. For putting it in layman's terms.

Dude ! THAT was sooo cool and brave . You probably wouldn't know about the British sci fi called Dr.Who, but that machine looks exactly like a Dalek . It began in the early 60's and the artist/ designers of the show actually based thier design of the Dalek's look off of a welding machine . If you have the time just Google dalek and you will understand 😉

Love seeing these old machines in working order, I have an early 40's Marquette ac welder that runs so damn smooth

This is absolutely awesome! Please do make a video of it once you have it restored. 6011 on old AC welders is one of my favorite ways to weld, in fact it was how I learned.

Submitted for your approval an arc welder from another dimension used as a Tig welder. You have just found your self in the twilight zone.

Thanks Justin, That old Welder is Awesome. I am glad you are going to restore it. Cant wait for the videos on it. Cheers.

My welding instructor showed us this video in class last night. Didnt expect to see it in my recomended. Great video!

This is great. I hope you go more for a maintenance rather than a restoration. Leaving the patina intact with all the signs of usage, which are testaments to it's history, will ensure it retain its charm. They are proof it's had a useful life instead of just sitting idle and protected in a cupboard.

look forward to the restoration of the old welder, love all your videos, but especially ones that involve an actual project

That thing looks awesome! Can't wait to see you repair it!

That is a very cool welder , I restored an old Craftsman AC welder from the 60's with same type of lug plugs on it . I actually had an old box of 7018 rod that was maybe 35 yr's old and fired it up , it actually worked pretty good , I am sure it wouldn't have passed any cut and etch tests but it didn't look bad .

My dad had one of these growing up, first welder I ever used. I think it was great granddad's old farm welder

So nice to hear that you are going to restore the great Art Deco style machine. Look forward to see it finished. Nice presentation and correct information on the grand old AC machine.

Can't wait to see this welder once you fix it up.

I would love to see it restored! Can’t wait for the up coming vids, that’s for the content.

Love the vintage looks, keep it coming.

Great video Justin. You've not only answered the question a lot of people ask; "If you use AC to tig weld aluminum, can I use a buzz box with a TIG torch on it?" You've also shown what would happen if you tried. Nice big old welder though. Some of the guys in the shop I work in, say that they like the smoothness of the arc you get from a transformer.

By far the coolest arc welder ever made (that I have seen). Thanks for the proof of function.

That's a quality machine. I like that you're keeping it original too!

Can’t wait to see you restore this beauty!!

Looks like something outta Lost In Space

I used one like that 30 years ago on the farm. Quietest welder I ever used.

That is the coolest welder ever!! I love all your video content. I really appreciate all the time and energy you put into your videos. Keep up the great work!! I look forward to the next video!

That's the welder I grew up with ours was military surplus it was stenciled property of USN The seller said it was WWll surplus? But it never died sold at a farm auction in 1986 for 250$ paid 75$ same as you but it was a how lot of money then

That thing is cool as all get out.Cant wait to see it restored. The cool factor will be off the chart.

Try your 7018 on that machine, you might be surprised, some of the old buzz boxes run it very well although a little hard to start.

Look forward to seeing that done up

It looks like a Dalek...Run for your life if you hear a metallic voice growling, "EXTERMINATE!"

Cool. Just love some of that old stuff.

I have one just like it. Use it all the time and love it. Works great.

I can't wait to see this thing restored to better than factory fresh. I can totally see it with some of those 1920's paint schemes.

I really want to see you recondition that welder. Please make a series of it and bring it back to it's glory. Don't hesitate to ask for help from other You Tubers that specializes in reconditioning old machines because it could be the difference between and ok job and a quality recondition. Thanks for showing!

I made a TIG welder using a tombstone Lincoln buzbox. I made what you could call a series wound Tesla coil by taking about 12 turn of welding cable and coiling it up. I think that i bypassed it with an rf mica capacitor or something. Then wrapped three turns of just regular wire around or next to it. Made a spark gap out of flat ended tig electrodes mounted in a couple of aluminum blocks. That with another capacitor and a small 5000 volt neon sign transformer made up the primary of a standard tesla coil and there was my hf stabilizer. Then I took a wah wah pedal and swapped out the pot for the correct value. Ripped out all of the other circuitry (which was already smashed). I used a telephone cord and RJ11 jacks to connect it to a box. That controlled what is called a picket fence thyristor trigger box. I got a couple of big honkin' hockey puck thyristors that once were used to drive a diffusion furnace in the semiconductor process industry and hooked all of that up with a dryer plug and outlet so that I essentially had like a light dimmer but one that you could dim a dryer or an arc welder with. I actually welded aluminum with it on 60hz sine wave. I also made another box with a big bridge rectifier circuit, some electrolytic caps and a big transformer winding. I made a π network but found that the output caps needed to be removed so I changed it to an L network with a choke output and then I had DC. Phun, phun, phun. I was living in a box truck at the time in an equipment yard with all manner of unsavory characters. I should have tried to do a video about it but was struggling to pay the rent and keep the theives, tweakers, recyclers and landlords at bay. I still have everything but the hf stabilizer unit and the buzz box. I found a Westinghouse stabilizer on eBay that has current sensing, gas and water solenoid valves. I was forced to move back to Michigan. My dad has another Lincoln box. All I need now is another argon tank that is in spec and I'm back in business. There are still enough interesting part to do a video about. I lost most of my materials and hardware. Making another hf stabilizer might be fun to make a video about but there are no surplus stores here in Michigan. The one that I used to work at in silicon valley just went belly up. Radio Shack is gone. The Steve Wozniak, build it in your garage days are gone. I thought that I was going to get in on the ground floor in California, but no. Id really like to discourage this mentality glorified by TV shows like storage wars and hoarders that make fun of people who collect thing, especially if they do things with their things. Example, I made a sandblaster out of a dishwasher. There is this commercial for Apple i-something. Everything that you need is on the cloud. Possessions are a sign of poverty. There is a guy with his i-thing, a futon and some expensive toiletries. I can build a laser from scratch. That is what I think of when I think "tech". But now "tech" means writing some fart app for your iPhone. I'm not saying that writing apps isn't useful but if this country loose the ability to, not build an iPhone but to have individuals with the skill set and materials to do stuff with your hands. That is a bad direction to be headed in. /rant

I love watching this channel. Wanted to see what you guys suggested for a basic welder for a beginner. Looking to use mainly in conjunction with blacksmithing, but also plan to make other things such as a rocket stove and other light-medium duty projects

Well now that was fun!

Since you're restoring it, as a fellow sailor, i really hope you crack out the never-dull on that badboy. Really get it shining.

Ahhh...a good old "telephone switchboard" welder. Haven't seen one of those in 20 years since I left my 1st job..😋

OMG! U got some balls J. Ill give you that. Theres no way i woulda flipped that power switch without putting a megger on that bugger first. First rule of being an electrician is blue fire(anywhere other than th tip of ur tungsten) is BAD. Oh and an arcflash or blast can ruin the rest of ur life in a millisecond. Most chilling words EVER, from an outside contractor closing a Tie Breaker in our substation “if this blows up, DON’T put me out! WHAM (slams breaker closed).”

A rectifier, if i remember right, will get u started on dc. There is a pretty good conversion vid floating around. I believe he said it was about 50 bucks for it.

My first aluminum tig machine was a miller thunderbolt with a HF251-d high freq box. Without remote amperage control you could only weld about two inches before you had to stop and let it cool...but it DID weld aluminum...contrary to the welding "expert" at my LWS that told me it would barely make a spark by the time I got it all hooked up. Old machines are cool. Hope you have the time to get on bringing that there little mammerjammer back to life sooner rather than later.

That's badass

lol I thought I was the only one who finds ancient hunks of technology fascinating.. I would paint that sucker bright red and polish the lid like a rocket ship

Justin you commented that 60hz ac crosses 0 120 times a second that only happens if you are converting to dc output by running through a bridge rectifier. Then you will get a positive half wave that starts at 0 then peaks and returns to zero 120 times a second. Hopefully there is an inductor in series after the bridge rectifier to help keep you positive voltage and amperage from dropping to zero on the final output. Sorry, not trying to ruin your video that by the way is awesome.

Cool, followed 👍 I grew up welding on the family farm 👍 those old weld buzz boxes are sweet! Got a few myself.

Add a 200 amp full wave bridge rectifier. I have the same welder. my first memory of it was when I was 5. Grandpa once told me it was 20 years older than me. puts it in the 30's

Absolutely love all your videos. Thank you very much 🙏

cant wait to see this restored

Appears to be an AO Smith welder R202 model. Looks like it could be a museum piece after restoration.

My stick welder is not much newer than that one.

Man I love that old Art Deco stuff. What a cool machine.

I have a machine just like that and I use it quite often. Great machine in my opinion.

Dude, this thing welds about like I did with your Invertig during the afternoon part of your class when I got sleepy with a belly full of pizza (and a night of no sleep), hahaha. I'm ordering my Invertig this week by the way. I mentioned that I'd used it at your place. I'll be back for more classes on more advanced stuff once I get a chance to get the basics down that I learned from you during the last one.

This machine was designed before "high frequency" was developed. On a more modern machine, there is a circuit in the machine that establishes a high frequency arc between the tungsten electrode and the grounded work piece. This provides a constant area of ionized shielding gas between the elctrode and the work piece. This gas ionization sets up a continuous path for the AC welding arc to follow back and forth. Without high frequency, the main arc doesn't have enough voltage to jump back and forth from electrode to ground and the arc will shut off with no warning. You can buy a separate h.f. box which can be added to the machine and make it suitable for AC tig work.

Awesome video mate. Look at that thing!!! One slight correction though. It's not the High Frequency that's keeping it alive, its the fact that it's square wave out of an inverter welder, and not sine wave out of a transformer. Being square wave means that even though the polarity changes, there is still 100% potential difference across the work piece during the slope up and down.

Have friend who collects old welders and they come in all different shapes . The crazy part they almost all work.Cool vid.

Hi, I have this exact same welder and have owned it for about 35 years. I think when I bought it I gave $60.00 for it at the time. I Love welding with it and it does like the 6011 rods.

That thing is SO cool!

The dalek... Nice work mate 👍

Very interesting video sir! You went to great lengths to get that Old AC welder to work. Its great for Stick really, Iv'e used one back in the day and it will run most 7018 quite nice. But here is a welding electrical AC fact...You must have a HIGH FREQUENCY Unit hooked into your welding leads. The AC TIG arc needs stabilization or it will go out.

a blast from the past!

Your ain't right... great stuff... funny, educational, and entertaining... You Rock!

Yea dude restoration is a great idea...it will look awsome

YOU PICKED IT UP AT BULLHEAD CITY ARIZONA!? I LIVE THERE!!! THANKYA FOR HOME TOWN SHOUT OUT BROTHER🤘

Back in the early 60's in the US Army we would quip that if it had anything that resembled a handle it was classified as portable. It didn't matter if it weighed 10 tons Your beast has 2 handles!! ;-)

Awesome! I always wondered about this.

I got an old welder similar to this from the local dump and striped all the contacts off it. It was all aluminum wire so I kept the contacts and switches and took the aluminum wire back to the dump.

Love your videos! I didn't think a scratch TIG setup would work very well on an AC machine to begin with I could be wrong 🤔

Nice machine, didn't know arc could be turned into tig, I would appreciate a restoration just to see it in its original form.

A couple hours of driving and i can see where this was made, cool!

I still have got a HF box I used on an 40 year old 275 amp squarewave machine with footpedal. It welded fine. I upgraded to a watercooled Lincoln 275 with all the fancy stuff and expected my welding to be better but I could pretty much do the same on both. The only benefit with the new machine was I didn't have to manually turn the gas and HF on and off and that water cooled torch was always cool.

That was cool, old stuff is neat when it works.

That thing is super awesome....subscribed

I have one of these welders, and it also works well.

I like it! My Grandpa used to have one, that ran 6013 and 7014 SO buttery smooth! And it was CONSISTENT! He burned up a 50 lb can of 6013 1/8" rods in about 6 hours one day, rebuilding a trailer, and the arc NEVER CHANGED, and he never shut it off. Only break it got was when he changed rods, or stopped for a cigarette. Unfortunately, it was stolen by dope heads that broke into his shop that scrapped the copper out of it for a quick high. We got it back, but by then it was only a shell.

It's fairly easy to make a high frequency box for that using points. When I used to work on older welders one of the service items was to remove and surface the points and then re-gap them using feeler gauges. It's literally just a spark gap instead of an oscillator like modern inverter drives use. The difference is that the spark gap is broadband frequency and inverter drive is very specific.

11 seconds in.... I love this guy already

Those machines built America! It looks damm cool.

What a cool old machine!

Awesome piece of equipment it would look great restored hope you make a video out of it.

To see the puddle without the Arc was worth the experiment.

I just bought one from auction it's a starline arc you gotta plug in to your volts and all that shit like you did but I learned alot from your video just on how to my leads I appreciate it

Alternating Current = not steady enough for welding. Fun video!

You can't TIG, but you can Texas TIG! :D

Will it blend?

That's just a Dalek that's been turned into a welder😂

I have a 1950 GE that i put a high freq unit on and it welds as good as a tig as some of the best linclons and millers that i make a living with for last 50 years

A Bridge rectifier and some capacitors would give you DC

You had my attention at "If you ever wondered what would happen if r2-d2 hooked up with a vacuum cleaner in the Chrysler building"!

I don’t watch restoration videos but for this I’d make an exception.