Recent content by ls1jay

Illuminate your space and add some personality to your man cave with this unique engine spark plug lamp. It is 3d printed by me with some extra steps for smoothing of ceramic portion. It is powered by a USB port and the hot section is made of abs material. Available in 2 different colors and...

Did you ever figure this out? Mine acts like it is locked as well. Second and third drawers work fine.

I wasn't going to showthis but oh well lol. Mind you I haven't stick welded in 15 years. This is with some harbor freight 7018 I just grabbed. Any tips appreciated!!

I didn't know there was one. I will check it out! They are heavy Mother's if you gotta move em!

I bought my first one a month or so ago for a big $20.00. The second one was $75.00 but I gave the guy an extra $20.00 to hold it for me! They both work great. The newer one (1975) actually buzzes a little more than the (1965) unit but welds fantastic.Anyway I plan on choosing one and taking...

Awesome recommendations! Thanks! If I end up taking it somewhere I was definitely going to remove the panel. I may give it a shot myself. I was just worried about ruining the metal, Work hardening/stretching or making it un-proportional...

So I bought this Welder for $20.00! It works like a champ now I want to make it look pretty. The front looks like it was hit pretty good. The front face is actually bent. The rest is really straight. Where the heck would a guy take this part if he wanted to get it straightened out? I would try...

So the plastic insulators around the lead studs shattered into about 20 pieces each when I was loosening the old lead terminals. I can't find a part number. The manual lists the part but no number. Should I call Lincoln or should any dealer be able to look these up?

So update on the idealarc... I opened it up and WD 40'd the switches. I wired up a new plug. Hopefully #10 is enough. It's the biggest home depot had?? Well I fired it up and the fan started humming. I haven't been able to weld with it cause I have to make up some leads. But I get 110v out of...

Great info guys! I think I'm going to start buy opening up the idealarc tonight!

Awesome! Thanks for all the suggestions!

It's marked single phase on it. I made sure before I spent all that cash!

After loading and unloading that sucker once it's earned a special place in my heart and is probably here to stay if I can get it working. I'd actually like to restore and keep it if it's not to far south..

Lol! I noticed that as I was unloading it! It might have been good but the guys dad hacked the leads and even the power cord so I'm going to have to take care of that first! I'm definitely going to open them up and have a look before I hit the switch.

So I picked up these 2 gems for a grand total of $20.00. The guy I bought them from said his dad just inherited them from a piece of property he bought. Supposedly they aren't working... Anyways IV always wanted an AC DC stick welder and now I have 2. I would like to attempt to get one or both...