Thread: Scary welder

This ancient 3 phase welder was donated to the Laidley Pioneer Village for display only, definitely not for use. I can't see a brand on it but there is a plaque that mentions to use Boss welding rods. The really interesting part is the warnings on top of the cabinet. Different times.

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For laughs, If that were mine I'd put it in the corner of the shed, clearly unplugged but with an electric fence energiser in the case

By the shape and apparent size it could be either an old Hobart or a EMF unit. Both had those rounded corner cabinets reminiscent of the fridges of that era.

Three phase and up to 350 amps,just the thing for running semi iron 5mm electrodes.

Ours had stops which were pulled out or pushed in to set amperage.

This one looks to have knife switches to throw. The bakelite insulated switch handles ( thats what ours had) did not seem to stand up very well to being smacked with heavy steel beams.

What sooks they are today complaining about a little boot every now and then. Bloody young fellers -keeps em awake.

It was only only a touch over 80 volts- never more than 115 Volts. Bit of a nuisance in a hot humid Brisbane summer. You only got issued with a single set of gloves at a time and they got loaded with perspiration. Much nicer to use in winter when you could put your pie or chiko roll on top to warm it for lunch.

Grahame

My mate has one it must be over 40 years old he taught to weld with it he uses it all the as his shed welder.

The old "Pie Warmers" were magic to use if they had the High Frequency switch.
Used to use mine with a TIG set up and later got the AC/DC converter for welding stainless.
Use to LOVE running it especially when the young blokes would have their C RAP music going, the HF would cause the radio to play static.
Them was the days.
Kryn

Only a little-y, but interesting. Was at the 'Junk Yard' of Londonderry (NSW) a few years ago, gone now.
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regs,
AO'C

For those afraid of such units, what do they think of the stiff bit of wire out the end of the operator's handle??

AO'C

Hi Guys,

Way back in the distant past I remember the steel conduit glowing red when the operator was doing some welding !

Originally Posted by AndrewOC

Only a little-y, but interesting. Was at the 'Junk Yard' of Londonderry (NSW) a few years ago, gone now.
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regs,
AO'C

It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like an old "Samson" brand welder. I had one offered to me for sale S/H in the 1960s, but bought an EMF Transarc 200 instead from the seller. The Samson was 415v only, so the dual voltage EMF prevailed. The core construction was interesting as the laminations were arranged to provide cooling fins. Current control was a shunt plate (uncalibrated) held in position by an eccentric cam lever. The core was bolted in a wooden frame. The unit appeared crude, but it performed brilliantly when I tried it.

Chas.

Originally Posted by Grahame Collins

By the shape and apparent size it could be either an old Hobart or a EMF unit. Both had those rounded corner cabinets reminiscent of the fridges of that era.

Three phase and up to 350 amps,just the thing for running semi iron 5mm electrodes.

Ours had stops which were pulled out or pushed in to set amperage.

This one looks to have knife switches to throw. The bakelite insulated switch handles ( thats what ours had) did not seem to stand up very well to being smacked with heavy steel beams.

What sooks they are today complaining about a little boot every now and then. Bloody young fellers -keeps em awake.

It was only only a touch over 80 volts- never more than 115 Volts. Bit of a nuisance in a hot humid Brisbane summer. You only got issued with a single set of gloves at a time and they got loaded with perspiration. Much nicer to use in winter when you could put your pie or chiko roll on top to warm it for lunch.

Grahame

I still have and use the old pie warmer.. Mine has a High Frequency switch which makes welding an easy task.
It welds as good if not better than my new inverter welder..
Matt

Originally Posted by Grahame Collins

Ours had stops which were pulled out or pushed in to set amperage.

This one looks to have knife switches to throw.

What sooks they are today complaining about a little boot every now and then. Bloody young fellers -keeps em awake.

It was only only a touch over 80 volts- never more than 115 Volts. Bit of a nuisance in a hot humid Brisbane summer. You only got issued with a single set of gloves at a time and they got loaded with perspiration. Much nicer to use in winter when you could put your pie or chiko roll on top to warm it for lunch.

Grahame

Isn't the current set by changing taps on the primary of the transformer? That would make the voltage 240 or 415 - depending which ones you touched.

Jack