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Hobart 300 welder with a flathead 6, home brew combo! Coming home soon! Worst case scenario she's a parts machine.Was welding when parked around 20 years ago.
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Hobart 300 welder with a flathead 6, home brew combo! Coming home soon! Worst case scenario she's a parts machine.Was welding when parked around 20 years ago.
Reply:LOL just realized the fan-shroud is made from a piece of culvert!
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
LOL just realized the fan-shroud is made from a piece of culvert!
Reply:I think replace the engine so find parts.Looks a great welder I only seen that one in catalogsDave
Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Hobart 300 welder with a flathead 6, home brew combo! Coming home soon! Worst case scenario she's a parts machine.Was welding when parked around 20 years ago.
Reply:Looks like Chrysler industrial engine. If it is, there are four choices:216 was used in WWII vintage Dodge military trucks.230 was used in the Dodge Power wagon introduced in 1945, used till 1960. It was prone to cracked block & head gasket fails as first two & last two cylinders were too close.236 was used in many welders, air compressors, and low production farm tractors.251 was in later Power Wagons.236 & 251 were two inches longer making room for more iron between 1-2 & 5-6 bores.Parts are still available. I overhauled a 236 years ago stuck from sitting, and had a 230 rebuilt fully later. My block was cracked. I eventually found a rebuildable block in a cement mixer. It now powers my Power Wagon.Last edited by Willie B; 08-17-2020 at 11:49 AM.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
Reply:I'm thinking a future revival custom with a V8 lol
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
I'm thinking a future revival custom with a V8 lol
Reply:Flat head Ford V-8. My old Hobart homebuilt had a Chrysler IND 251. Had to steal an updraft manifold off an old combine and make a U shaped adaptor to fit the updraft carb but it worked good. One of theose things I should ahve taken some pics. of. Those old Hobarts were good welders.
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Originally Posted by 12V71
Oh yeah... Small block Chevy, fake blower with a set of Zoomie pipes.
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Fake? If I went to all that trouble of mounting a blower it would be a real one.
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
. . . Coming home soon! Worst case scenario she's a parts machine. Was welding when parked around 20 years ago.
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Originally Posted by OPUS FERRO
MilitiaMetalsGreat photo quality - Pls post more pics - when you, 'get it out of the weeds'.This a high-example of deep-farm Canada [ana?]. Think, of all the work [someones] Granddad did with this machine, to save money, in the struggle to pay off the Wheat Ranch.If this were 'my trophy' - I would strive to make the engine and welder cooperate [make a spark]. Do nothing to the externals,with the exception: of a period [farmer] gage console, and show at vintage farm equipment events . . .hthOpusps - 'Hobart the Welder' - may be solid with Mud Dabber Condos - ifthis is the case - still show it, as is, without 'Spark' . . ..
Reply:Here's how my brain processes your pics.That looks awful....I think I can save it
Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
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Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
Here's how my brain processes your pics.That looks awful....I think I can save it
Reply:On the way home.
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Reply:Engine is 1946-1948 Dodge 230 c.i. from a car
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Engine is 1946-1948 Dodge 230 c.i. from a car
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
On the way home.
Reply:The stencilling in the frame says Rumely ?If that's related to Rumely tractors, that's pretty cool too.I'd look at keeping that instead of paintin g over ithttp://mbagmuseum.ca/artifact/rumely-oil-pull-model-s/
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Originally Posted by 12345678910
The stencilling in the frame says Rumely ?If that's related to Rumely tractors, that's pretty cool too.I'd look at keeping that instead of paintin g over ithttp://mbagmuseum.ca/artifact/rumely-oil-pull-model-s/
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Originally Posted by 12345678910
Did the tires hold air with no work ?Just getting it out of the weeds it's a hundred times less pitiful
Reply:** Engine is 1946-1948 Dodge 230 c.i. from a car.** Frame is from a 1931 or older Advance-Rumley Oil Pull tractor** Radiator is from a 1949-1950 OldsmobileI won't paint anything.Will update details as I research it more.
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Originally Posted by Willie B
I thought the same thought. The frame is the same channel as Rumley tractor, but nobody would cut up a Rumley tractor for this purpose...........would they?You know, I think they did!MilitiaMetalsAll it needs is Marvel Mystery Oil for its' inners,a top coat of Turtle Wax, and it'll be ready for the show circuit . . . bill it as the first machine powered by the Flux Capacitor . . .Pls post - if/when, it turns/fires and welds . . .Opus
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Originally Posted by OPUS FERRO
MilitiaMetalsAll it needs is Marvel Mystery Oil for its' inners,a top coat of Turtle Wax, and it'll be ready for the show circuit . . . bill it as the first machine powered by the Flux Capacitor . . .Pls post - if/when, it turns/fires and welds . . .Opus
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Tossed a bar on it, engine is stuck
will pull the plugs and filler with diesel tomorrow. Got my new carb for my 1945 Hobart, so will get back to working on it.
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Originally Posted by ronsii
Tranny fluid/acetone
free it up in no time
although it might be the genny side that's stuck???
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Tossed a bar on it, engine is stuck . . will pull the plugs and filler with diesel tomorrow . . .
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Originally Posted by 12345678910
Did the tires hold air with no work ?Just getting it out of the weeds it's a hundred times less pitiful
Reply:One of the branch managers who was let go when they closed a whole bunch of stores where I worked owns the oldest and most original restored Rumely Oil Pull. Pretty cool and they kick start it. http://news.calgarystampede.com/rele...e-tractor-bash
Reply:Acklands by chance? Why were they shutting down stores?
Reply:Talked to the oldest guy around that used to work grading the gravel roads in my home RM/County, he started in September of 1969 and the welder was already there so it was put together between 1950 and 1969! It's my mission to find out who made it!Last edited by MilitiaMetals; 08-21-2020 at 01:49 PM.
Reply:Talked to a handful more locals, got sent down a rabbit trail that actually led somewhere! Called the son of a man who was thought to have possibly built it, his father Max did not build it, HOWEVER he did own it at one point in time! He later sold it to my local RM/County shop. Max had previously bought it from another man named Eddie who lived 12 miles or so east. I spoke to one of Eddie's son who was born in '42 but he did not recollect the welder, so he called his 10 year older brother. Unfortunately he didn't remember it either, however he did say his father did build quite a few contraptions, of which one was a tire bead breaker that Eddie and his friend had patented! So far it's not the complete history, but I still learned a bit from those days gone by. Max's son Stan who is 79 told me the men at the RM/County shop used to switch hit weld the cleats on the Cat dozer, they'd have 2 sets of cables hooked up to the welder, one guy would weld til his rod was gone and then the next guy would start burnin while previous guy would get a new rod!
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Originally Posted by MilitiaMetals
Acklands by chance? Why were they shutting down stores?
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Originally Posted by Welder Dave
Yes, Acklands Grainger that is now Grainger Canada. Went from over 175 stores to only 31. Want to mostly direct ship and try to compete with Amazon. Everything they did to try and increase sales resulted in lost sales. Have no stock on a lot of items and takes forever to bring them in. Got rid of all the managers and other employee's with any knowledge. Grainger US doesn't understand Canada is a different market than the US. You can't just go into a branch and buy something. You can place an order and even if they have it in stock at that location, you have to come back in a couple hours to pick it up. A lot of customers want to just pick up the stuff they need and be on their way. They don't want to wait 2 hours, 4 hours or the next day to get what they need. They'll go down the street to a different supplier and get it right away. I was in technical product support and they eliminated the entire group of 10 of us and it's all done in the US now. We used to do mostly e-mails from branches so we could do some research to find what the customer required. The US does everything over the phone and is generally expected to have an answer in 6 minutes. It takes longer than 6 minutes to find a lot of stuff with vague descriptions and no brand names. I was the first one involved in a pilot project to see if the US team could find answers. They had zero clue about Blueshield 7018 that is the most popular rod in Canada. Everything is call centers now so you can't speak with the same person at the branch you've been dealing with for the last 5 years. 100's of people laid off and replaced with Americans in an Arizona call center. |
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