20 buck WELDER can we save it? 

Great story. Always nice when a tool has a back story.

That's a score!

@@sixtyfiveford I got one for $50 with a bad fan motor. Got a fan motor from the welding supply and used it once to weld blades on a rotovator on a Gravely walk behind and then swapped it for a trailer. YEARS ago. GREAT welders!

Haaa I agree😂😂😂

I had to do the math in my head. It feels like the 90's were just 10 years ago... max.

I miss the 90's 😊

About five hours ago I was thinking of that video, I wasn't really present most of the time, brand new torpedo heater, wouldn't start. Blast, another thing to fix, took it apart wishing I had watched the video while it ran, took one hose off blew into it, started right up after that. Got off easy, helped painting around the inside of the hood on my truck today, when it's 10F below and a winter storm watch. At least the video is there for back-up. Ran this one also, did he fix it? Oh, now the windows 10 emojis says Blizzard, I just love how they add things I don't want.

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That 7018 is a DC rod your using with an AC machine...... use 6011

@@edkorobanov6841 7018 is a AC and DC rod

@@sixtyfiveford If your AC welder has an OCV of 60 volts as some smaller welders do, you will need to use 7018AC.

Hey Thanks. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.

I have the same one. Really good little machine.

Hey Thanks. It makes it work and that's all that matters.

So true

Thanks Wayne

Probably.

Are you kidding. It has LEADS! lol. Seriously, you could get $50 easy in my area. I see some really rough Lincoln tombstone welders selling for $200 all the time.

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Great repair

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Man

Thanks. Same to you!

Thanks

Glad you enjoyed it

Wow, thanks!

Thanks!

Awesome, thank you!

Crazy how time flies. I felt the same when the owner told me it broke 30yrs ago and a few sentences later said around 1990.

Go for it!

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With a last title name you should have had a GM/Detroit diesel genset pulling the welder. Common practise for RG!

It felt like at least 40-50lbs of force pulling the lever down. And that's with the friction of the thing wedged under spring pressure. It would make a heck of electromagnet.

@@sixtyfiveford Yessir! On both counts!

Very cool!

Thank you! You too!

Awesome

Good info.

If I'm reading you right, I thought of the same exact thing in place of the threaded shaft which Moe used. A bar & clamp would be superior for making adjustments... at least for doing it quickly. Obviously, either way works. It just boils down to what you require for convenience. As this video is most likely the last one Moe uploads to his channel this year... I'll take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & a happy New Year. May you all be blessed with the company of friends, family & loved ones through the last days of the year. Here's to good food and a warm, safe environment for all of us. Godspeed! 👍🏻✌🏻❄️🎄☃️⛪✝️👨🏻‍🏭🇺🇸 - Max Giganteum

Awesome story. Sounds like a fun guy to know.

@@sixtyfiveford There was an X-ray certified welder that moved up here from Florida to work on the atomic electric ( we call it bomb) plant reactor in the neighboring state. When the plant work was done he ended up at the crusher. X-ray and the Millionaire would weld up stuff with one on one side and one on the other, knitting the whole thing at once., hollering for one to speed up or slow down. Millionaires welds always held. The bosses said that X-ray didn't put enough on but I think his held too. X-ray left but the Millionaire is still here, still doing grade work and fixing stuff. He IS a nbeat guy to know!

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Thanks. It seemed to fix the problems.

Awesome!

Thanks. You as well!

7018 is welded with AC all the time. It may be a little harder to start on a smaller machine like these homeowner units, but the weld strength is still there and it welds good.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for the info!

I'll second the comment with the welding rods - they are supposed to be bone dry. They should be stored in an air tight container at all times. If you get some that weren't properly stored, test bake a couple of them in an oven at 250° F for 20 minutes to drive off any moisture. Warning, if they were literally wet, they're probably garbage. Anyway, try them out to see how they run... they might be OK. They may need to bake for 45-60 minutes but any longer than that is a waste of time. They're going to run as good as they ever will by an hour's bake time. No, increasing the temp won't help and it'll be detrimental to the rods. The experts will say to toss them if they're known to be spoiled but for non-critical, non-safety home use they'll work if you can tolerate using them. The metal portion will be good - it's the coating that forms the flux and shielding which will fail miserably rendering them unusable. You'll know what is what once you start to use the first salvaged rod. A bit of advice with the baking thing. Just don't use a good baking pan or cookie sheet... unless you don't mind wrath. 😁 Wives & girlfriends can get rather testy when you mess with their oven. Best wishes! 👍🏻👨🏻‍🔧🇺🇸 - Max Giganteum

I have an ac/dc version of it from Air Products, bought it new in 1986 has been used very little

Lol. That was my thought exactly.

Awesome

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Right on

I've got the ac/dc monkey wards version an it does the same thing. Gonna tweak it some and replace the diodes. Burned alot of rod over the years lol. Stay safe all!

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Thanks 👍

Thanks, you too!

Thank you so much

Same to you!

Thanks! You too!

I couldn't believe 100 people looked at this and passed it up.

Most people have zero knowledge when it comes to electricity or electrical components... thus would reject it for that reason alone. That and most folks simply wouldn't want to spend the time putting it back together once they saw it in pieces. Too lazy! Best wishes! 👍🏻👨🏻‍🔧🇺🇸 - Max Giganteum

I owned a colormatic years ago. It was a decent welder. It would definitely be a project welding exhaust with stick.

I figured I couldn't go wrong for 20.

True. I use that or Kubota, but they are done many 1970's darker shades of orange you can't find in a spray can.

I think they cut a lot of corners to make this one as inexpensive as possible.

Hey thanks. Ginger welding class...

That's my thought

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks again!

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