[AT] Mig welders for antique tractor sheet metal work??

[dglass]

Look at it like this.  Buy what you need or think you will need in the 
future.  After you use it, you will forget what you paid for it and you 
can use it for the next twenty years and then probably sell it used for 
more than you paid for it. I have made the mistake of buying just enough 
to get by and it always cost me in the long run.  Just bite the bullet.

Dean VP wrote:

>Thanks everyone. Now I have my feet planted firmly in mid air!  :-) 
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>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Len Rugen
>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:43 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: RE: [AT] Mig welders for antique tractor sheet metal work??
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>One thing I learned the hard way....  When you turn on one of these
>Lincolns, always pause and listen for the FAN.  I have a real problem with
>dirt dobbers.  A few years ago the finally nested in the welder fan and I
>didn't notice it.  This was a 70's era 225 and the switch shaft is plastic
>or some "bakelite" type material.  Without the fan, the heat fused the
>switch.  I didn't know anything was wrong until I needed to change amperage.
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>I think a replacement switch was $50, but there are at least 2 wires to
>solder for each amperage setting and some of them are pretty heavy.  I fixed
>it and they all work.
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>>I have a Lincoln 225 AC buzzbox that was bought by my dad in the
>>late '60s.
>>It has many, many hours on it and is what I use for heavy welding or on
>>rusty stuff.
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