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Hello, everyone. I need help identifying my Grandads antique electric stick welder. I am almost 30 and this old welder was rusty when I started helping my father weld when I was really little. I am trying to restore it and the thing works like a charm still. It is really hard to find pictures of old welders, especially when the brands switched hands and changed names so much. So, the weird thing about this old welder... when I took the cover off and behind all of the plug covers, it has ORIGINAL GREEN PAINT. all of the lettering on it was painted on and white. It did not have decals on it. I could make out a Wi ...con. so I am assuming that it is from Wisconsin something. The low and high range plugs are on the bottom left and right in the front and the ground wire is in the center of them. The on off switch is on the front upper right. and the voltage indicator is a slit in the center of the front. The other odd thing is.. The crank to adjust the volts is in the very center of the top lid. Everything in it is all copper and brass. All of the wire conections had the bare wire soddered together with a copper sheet wrapped around it for a better connection. I already have most of the restoration done. it is back together with the inside back to black and all the brass and copper polished up. The lift for the top coil is threaded and is forged brass. The shell is back to green also. I need to know what it is though in order to finish the lettering and finalize it. (I am sure that I do not have the right shade of green on it either, Grandad was an IH man and would not have let anything JD Green on the property!) So, anybody have any suggestions as to where to start? Did anybody make a welder specifically to put under somebody elses name that would have been Green? Something, anything, a place to start would be nice.I don't have any before pics but I can get some of how it looks now and maybe that will help, if any one has any suggestions for where to start.Thanks a million
Reply:Originally Posted by vlindleyHello, everyone. I need help identifying my Grandads antique electric stick welder. I am almost 30 and this old welder was rusty when I started helping my father weld when I was really little. I am trying to restore it and the thing works like a charm still. It is really hard to find pictures of old welders, especially when the brands switched hands and changed names so much. So, the weird thing about this old welder... when I took the cover off and behind all of the plug covers, it has ORIGINAL GREEN PAINT. all of the lettering on it was painted on and white. It did not have decals on it. I could make out a Wi ...con. so I am assuming that it is from Wisconsin something. The low and high range plugs are on the bottom left and right in the front and the ground wire is in the center of them. The on off switch is on the front upper right. and the voltage indicator is a slit in the center of the front. The other odd thing is.. The crank to adjust the volts is in the very center of the top lid. Everything in it is all copper and brass. All of the wire conections had the bare wire soddered together with a copper sheet wrapped around it for a better connection. I already have most of the restoration done. it is back together with the inside back to black and all the brass and copper polished up. The lift for the top coil is threaded and is forged brass. The shell is back to green also. I need to know what it is though in order to finish the lettering and finalize it. (I am sure that I do not have the right shade of green on it either, Grandad was an IH man and would not have let anything JD Green on the property!) So, anybody have any suggestions as to where to start? Did anybody make a welder specifically to put under somebody elses name that would have been Green? Something, anything, a place to start would be nice.I don't have any before pics but I can get some of how it looks now and maybe that will help, if any one has any suggestions for where to start.Thanks a million |
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发表于 2021-9-1 00:59:56