[AT] Welding & Forney

[Gene Dotson]

    Keith, wish I had a picture of the electrode hand held electrode holder, 
Maybe Ralph will post a picture of his.  They are used on the welder to 
create a large amount of heat for heating metal for working and preheating 
cast iron. Produce a massive amount of heat and light. Early search lights 
and even movie projectors used them. Typical electrode size for most torch 
work would be 5/16 or 3/8 inch. They will really light up the night. They 
are also used in what is known as an air-arc machine that is used with 
compressed air for removing massive amounts of metal. We used them at 
Rockwell to remove axle spring brackets from mistakes in layout welding and 
for spec change.

                    Gene




-----Original Message----- 
From: kkinney at herculesengines.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:17 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Welding & Forney

So what do you use these rods for?
Keith


On Feb 10, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> Ralph:
> I googled them as I use them also, and have a good supply.  Here is a
> link from Wal Mart of all places...
>
> http://www.walmart.com/ip/23914496?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227017289914&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=51792968711&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=83196455711&veh=sem
>
> Maybe that will help.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 2/10/2015 8:35 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 2/10/2015 9:35 AM, Gene Dotson wrote:
>>>      I always thought the Forney was a good welder. Attachments with it 
>>> were
>>> a carbon arc torch and battery charger and pipe thawing kit.
>>>
>>>
>> Gene, can you still buy carbons for the arc torch? Nobody local seems to
>> have them here and
>> they seem to be obsolete. Maybe I need to move into the 21st century and
>> start using an acetylene
>>   torch for heating and burning metal. That carbon arc torch came with
>> the SMith Roles welder
>> that dad bought in 1973 and it works well but I'm down to my last carbon
>> sticks.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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