[AT] portable welder

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Sun Sep 18 08:27:23 PDT 2005


A contractor that I worked for in the late 70's had a bunch of 400 amp 
welding machines that had  Continental Red Seal gas engines.
They loved gas but welded like crazy.

A 350 amp machine would do anything you will ever need to do on the farm!

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] portable welder


> Charlie its an old Massey Harris alright and that classic Massey grille 
> was very common here on the prairies back in the fifties and sixties. This 
> welder is listed as a 350 which I'm guessing means 350 amps . If so that 
> is a good sized welder as I have made do with an AC 180 amp welder all my 
> farming days.
> Have a closer look at the auction if you wish, (if this long link works) 
> at
> http://www.auctionhouse.com/midway/listing.php?listing_id=34877&PHPSESSID=7cd0c54ede5c05829db494052651f896
>>From a distance in the thumbnail pic it looks pretty good but on closer
> viewing looks to be a pretty simple and crude piece of home-built 
> machinery. Nothing fancy but good enough to get the job done.
> This sale even has some horse equipment such as bob sleighs and cutter.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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>> When you said a Massey 30 I assumed a Massey Furgeson 30 but that is a 
>> Massey Harris gas burner.  Interesting set up for a welder.
>> I wonder how well it welds and how many Amps it is capable of.
>>
>> Charlie
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>>> http://www.auctionhouse.com/midway/images/34877_or_07.jpg.JPG
>>> Heres an interesting portable welder consisting of a power plant from a 
>>> Massey 30 tractor. Its coming up for auction near here on October 1.
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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