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Thought you folks might enjoy a couple pics of someone's forgotten welding rig.I don't know any of the rig's history.  I caught it heading for the shredder. Check out the horn, siren and spotlight. Attachment 22686 Must have been quite a show when he pulled in!Here's the rear mounted welder engine and compressor:Attachment 22687Several generators too. Maybe for jump starting?No detail overlooked... fire extinguisher mounted on tool box.The welding head is gone, but you can see where it was coupled to the Chevrolet engine.On the right is the compressor; for air-arc maybe?Check the welder control panel - 120v outlets and cable studs.Attachment 22685Notice the frame mounted air over hydraulic brake cylinder.Inside cab:Attachment 22688Everyone gets a shifter! Well, maybe it'll make China in time for the Olympics!Last edited by denrep; 10-19-2010 at 11:32 PM.
Reply:You can sort of let your mind wander with somethig like that. Pretty sweet.Ya know, those guys built this country.  No air conditioning either.
Reply:Originally Posted by SandyYou can sort of let your mind wander with somethig like that. Pretty sweet.Ya know, those guys built this country.  No air conditioning either.
Reply:That is way cool.  I have a soft spot for old trucks.
Reply:Originally Posted by RJ LindblomThat is way cool.  I have a soft spot for old trucks.
Reply:Dang thats cool, even to restore it to the same stage it was at back in the good 'ol day..what are all those starter motor/alternator looking things?
Reply:I knew my rig was missing something.  now I gotta buy a siren........I'm a Lover, Fighter, Wild horse Rider, and a pretty good welding man......
Reply:Cool old truck. While I was home at xmas I saw the oldest still working welding rig I have ever seen. I'm guessing '40s vintage. Wish I had some pics.The difference between art and craft is the quality of the workmanship. I am an artist.
Reply:looks like an oil change and a little wash and shes ready for the pipeline!!nice find, i love old vehicles
Reply:Six Days on the road and I am not gonna make it home tonight! Your truck is just screaming for a frame up restoration!John
Reply:I was thinking.... that we needed a thread dedicated to old Photographs, (at least 25 or 30 years old), of anything related to welding. This could include shots of work in progress, specific methods, equipment, even steel making/rolling pictures. Maybe one of your father or even yourself on site and outfitted for work (no, not sitting in a bar after work, even if work boots are still on!).I propose/request, no demand! (will that really make a difference?) one basic rule:Each Post Must Have One or More Old Pictures and All Pictures Must Be Old! but new to this thread (not already posted in this thread; other threads are ok though) . "For you in Rio Linda," that means don't just post a message to say you liked/hated the last shot!Since I don't have any photographs of my own available, I will start the thread with one borrowed from another site; I might even tell you about it some time! [BTW, everything on that site is in the public domain]. ==================================================  ==================================================  ========= Acetylene Annie: 1942July 1942. Ford plant at Willow Run, Michigan. "Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger." Medium format negative by Ann Rosener. Attached Images
Reply:With no gloves and all!
Reply:Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA)1942 June Attached ImagesEd Conleyhttp://www.screamingbroccoli.com/MM252MM211 (Sold)Passport Plus & Spool gunLincoln SP135 Plus- (Gone to a good home)Klutch 120v Plasma cutterSO 2020 benderBeer in the fridge
Reply:That picture depicts something I always thought was ironic. Maybe the younger readers don't realize it, but during the war almost all jobs making the war material used by the US and its allies were filled by women. These jobs included welding, mechanics , heavy machinery operators, etc. All the able bodied men were either hiding or fighting in the war.After the war the women relinquished their jobs to the men, got married, and started having children - that is where I came from. After years of staying home, the women started trying to get back in the work force and had a hard time. They weren't considered for many of the jobs they did during the war. Even today, many men don't think they are worthy of jobs like welding, and don't have a place in construction.  I am not one of them though. I don't see anything wrong with a good looking welder  Last edited by 6010; 08-14-2008 at 02:41 PM.Reason: spelling
Reply:I have hundereds of old welding related pictures but there all in the old welding trade magazines and literuture I collect.
Reply:I am going to make this a sticky for a week.  Please follow original posters suggestion and make this thread nothing but old welding pictures.My Mothers Mom was a weldor during the war..... My oldest welder.Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:Acetylene Annie, Kind of Ironic since the Ford plant used hydrogen for its aluminum welding. BTW the torch she is using is a Meco Aviator Jet, such as shown here. Part of my prized collection. I have found that women in general, make much better weldors then men, especially on thin aluminum. Attached Images
Reply:Here are some pictures of my father. He passed away 2 years ago. He was a welder in WW II in the navy, and continued his craft when he got home. He retired as a union pipefitter. Sure wish I could work with him today. Attached ImagesGood judgement comes from experience.Experience comes from bad judgement.
Reply:Experience is something you only get, immediately after needing it.[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bnffUHYUI&feature=related[/ame]City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:And the one thing you get, when you get, what you don't want.Good judgement comes from experience.Experience comes from bad judgement.
Reply:.Mating Operation: 1942 A. Palmer: Factories WW2 February 1942. Firestone Rubber plant in Akron, Ohio. "Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before completion of the fourth and final welding operation in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying, all straps are subjected to physical tests to determine the strength of the weld. Occasional radiographic inspections are made to insure the quality of workmanship after the two halves of the cylinder are brought together in this atomic welding machine and made one unit. Here, the operator has just completed the union and is about to remove the whole cylinder." 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. Attached Images
Reply:Hey, I got one of those shatterproof oxygen cylinders.I never knew what is was until I saw the photo. I found it in my mother In-laws attic. I will post a picture of it after I dig it out of the storage room. The person used it for compressed air tank. Neat Stuff!Lincoln SP 135 plusHF 14" chop sawDewalt 4.5" angle grinderloads of hand tools for my Trade job
Reply:'Hydrogen Annie' doesn't have quite the same ring to it thoughNot mine found it on some site a while ago...Not sure when it was taken but obviously back in the days when smoking was good for you
Reply:Originally Posted by Oldiron2.Mating Operation: 1942 A. Palmer: Factories WW2 February 1942. Firestone Rubber plant in Akron, Ohio. "Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before completion of the fourth and final welding operation in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying, all straps are subjected to physical tests to determine the strength of the weld. Occasional radiographic inspections are made to insure the quality of workmanship after the two halves of the cylinder are brought together in this atomic welding machine and made one unit. Here, the operator has just completed the union and is about to remove the whole cylinder." 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
Reply:Brave New World: 1942April 1942. "Aircraft construction class. The flame of welding torches has replaced the soft lights of a nightclub in Daytona Beach, which has been taken over for a vocational school to train war workers for Florida's pooling program. Pictured above is instructor C.C. Gravelge showing one of his classes the difficult art of overhead welding in preparation for their initiation into aircraft welding jobs on the De Land pool's war contract."   Medium format safety negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.Comments:Grandma the Welder My grandmother was a single mom during WWII, and set out to find the highest-paid work available in the local shipyard (Evansville, Indiana). She was an overhead welder since it paid twice (or better) what secretarial work got you. She was good at it, too, and kept it up in various factories till my mom & her brother were in high school, I do believe.WeldingI can confirm it: Overhead welding is tough!. Attached ImagesHere's an old ad,  "Literary Digest"  June 18,1921, that I found on net somewhere. Attached ImagesLast edited by ramblerx15; 08-19-2008 at 11:57 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by jtrapperHere are some pictures of my father. He passed away 2 years ago. He was a welder in WW II in the navy, and continued his craft when he got home. He retired as a union pipefitter. Sure wish I could work with him today.
Reply:A few posters on this thread still owe us a picture or two!  I'm waiting!Meanwhile, here is a subject that predates the modern methods:---------------------------                         --------------------------                      --------------------------               Blacksmiths Peter and Harry LawrenceMy grandfather Peter Lawrence, left, and his son Harry operated a welding and blacksmith shop in Erie, PA from the 1920s to 1948, when Peter died. They began by shoeing horses, but with the advent of cars, they switched mainly to heating, tempering and sharpening chisels and other steel devices used by the city workers who operated air hammers in street construction and repair. Peter was a native of Riga, Latvia and never learned to drive or to speak English. Attached Images
Reply:The Homefront in W.W.II Line up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls [Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS]. Circa 1943. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by Oldiron2I was thinking.... that we needed a thread dedicated to old Photographs, (at least 25 or 30 years old), of anything related to welding. This could include shots of work in progress, specific methods, equipment, even steel making/rolling pictures. Maybe one of your father or even yourself on site and outfitted for work (no, not sitting in a bar after work, even if work boots are still on!).I propose/request, no demand! (will that really make a difference?) one basic rule:Each Post Must Have One or More Old Pictures and All Pictures Must Be Old! but new to this thread (not already posted in this thread; other threads are ok though) . "For you in Rio Linda," that means don't just post a message to say you liked/hated the last shot!Since I don't have any photographs of my own available, I will start the thread with one borrowed from another site; I might even tell you about it some time! [BTW, everything on that site is in the public domain]. ==================================================  ==================================================  ========= Acetylene Annie: 1942July 1942. Ford plant at Willow Run, Michigan. "Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger." Medium format negative by Ann Rosener.
Reply:shorpy has a bunch, Attached Imagesinsert thoughtful quote from someone else2000 Thermal Arc 300GTSW 3.5 hours1946 Monarch 20 x 54 Lathe1998 Supermax 10x54 Mill2004 Haco Atlantic 1/2" Capacity Lasernot mine but i get to play with it
Reply:One more for the road:Attachment 23776Lots of odd stuff to build the COE design:Low profile side-draft carb and manifold.Radiator fan is driven via bearing mounted shaft off the crankshaft front. The hand-crank starter engaged the fan drive shaft through a hole in the radiator.Complex trans shifter; linkage mounted at left side.Here's the mill:Attachment 23777See the two small hoses above the water pump? Those go to remote grease fittings accessible in the cab.Hey Joe, did you grease the water pump this morning? No, but I'll get it on the next hill; when you move the shifter!Did I mention the snake-skin interior?Attachment 23778This little guy didn't like me snooping around his truck.Last edited by denrep; 10-19-2010 at 11:35 PM.
Reply:cool old trucks and wilksnakeChuckASME Pressure Vessel welder
Reply:Somewhere I ran into this pic...City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Caution Overloading or Overspeeding will void warrantyNice sign.Great photos, too. I like Tanglediver's one as well.When you approach something like this to take pictures, what do you do as a precaution against snakes? (there's a sitter for a silly answer!) Or, how or when did you notice the snake was anti snooping? What sort of snake is it?"One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for." (Charles Kettering)Mitch 180 (NZ)Lincoln SAM-400-220 + ?-400 Fordson Major + 2 x Tractapac Humber 80 + Procut 40 PlasmaMiller Spectrum 375
Reply:Denrep,If those vehicles are being scrapped, you should get the brass nameplates  and "Porcellinian Insignia"  as I like to call it. You might even be able someday to find someone who has restored such a truck which had it's plates stolen; until then, they will look good on your wall---or mine, if you don't want them.       Famous last words:            "I'm not a Packrat----I'm a Historian"The snake looks friendly to me, but I've never grown up, they all say. Had one called 'Old Weird Harold" who liked to be held by me... and was 3 1/2 feet long, with a dozen rattles.
Reply:Originally Posted by tanglediverSomewhere I ran into this pic...
Reply:I am going to post merge this with the sticky "old welder" threadDavid Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:I merged the two threads, all the good pictures belong here.  I mixed it up a little.  First time doing that.Enjoy the pictures, I do.David Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:Here is a 1948 Chevy that was for sale over by me. The guy wanted 500 bucks for it and its gone now so hopefully she will be restored...Bob Attached ImagesBob WrightSalem, Ohio  Birthplace of the Silver & Deming Drillhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbend10k/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sawking/1999 Miller MM185 w/ Miller 185 Spoolmate spoolgun
Reply:Back when men were men!Nice picMy grandmother welded during WWII and her name was Rose. Rosy the welder?David Last edited by David R; 10-03-2008 at 06:06 AM.Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:"With no gloves and all!"The caption did say   " semi skilled"   could be my tired old eyes but i didn't notice any Flame from the torch.....   No flame........no need for gloves or protective clothingYA THINK ???????????Longevity LS 160 P tig/Plasma comboLincoln AC/DC 225 TombstoneMiller 170 Mig (shared with neighbor)"Life is like Ice cream...Enjoy it or it melts away" joebiplane
Reply:Originally Posted by 6010Even today, many men don't think they are worthy of jobs like welding, and don't have a place in construction.  I am not one of them though. I don't see anything wrong with a good looking welder
Reply:These men and women built this country with there sweat and blood and politicians are destroying it for greed on a daily basis.Loncoln tombstone 225 ac/dcEutectic O/ADaihen corp. OTC 270 XSR mig with Tregaskiss gunMiller bobcat 225I say watch the welder and my black lab says watch it yourself my eyes are killing me.
Reply:There's a lot of old pictures and quite a bit of history on this sitehttp://www.aws.org/about/time_by.htmlThere's one from 1984 of an austronaut using an electron beam welder in space.Last edited by mb_welder; 10-28-2008 at 04:44 PM.
Reply:Hammer and Tongs: 1943 March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque. Hammering out a drawbar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. Attached Images
Reply:"March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque. Hammering out a drawbar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information."Wow, I really like this picture, Has the technology changed that much, to me it looks like it was taken a few years ago? Thanks for posting it!Bruce The Welding ChefLincoln Weld-Pack 3200 NORWELD StickStanford Hill Farm
Reply:WOW! its hard to believe what some folks will haul in for 'scrap'! I wish I had that old COE truck cab!!! It would look really nice beside all my other projects!!The first step to having everything you want is to want everything you have.
Reply:Mike Evans: 1943 Chicago, April 1943. "Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks of the Proviso Yard, Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. Attached Images
Reply:Here's this...(pulled from www.tinmantech.com)I think I need a Meco torch!!!-Ian Attached ImagesMulti-brand O/A setupCasting furnace in the works!