Antique “Smith” Welder

[930dreamer]

I like the looks of this welder, not sure if its a practical welder today?

 

[Musicinabottle]

Wow! Talk about Flash Gordon! That needs to be restored no matter what. Does it work / power up?

 

[3baygarage]

Droids and Jawas came to mind.

Certainly looks cool.

 

[930dreamer]

I can't find it on CL now, must have sold already.

 

[Musicinabottle]

I can't find it on CL now, must have sold already.

That wasn't yours already? Well..... YEAH, it sold already! Missed that one.

 

[Millwrong]

First off, awesome machine! Secondly, transformer welders are very simple machines, and as long as it produces output, it just as current as any modern machine, tapped outputs or not!

 

[930dreamer]

It was on Facebook Marketplace and its sold.

 

[crugg65]

That was R2D2’s great great great grandma[emoji16]


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[bczygan]

https://www.google.com/search?q=smith+welder&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim2LS96sTbAhVRF6wKHbIfB7IQ_AUICygC&biw=1216&bih=528

From 1950 Catalog:

 

[ng8264723]

I have a Forney which has the same principle. They takes the taps off the transformers off of difffernt windings. The one I restored I used as a kid. It was in a shop that collapsed. It meant something to me so I blasted it and took it all apart and rebuilt it. I love it. My cousin a pipe welder welded 1/2 plate with it to attach a thumb! It worked great. I'll post some pics one of these days

 

[thejimmy]

or perhaps a 1st generation of the dalek!

 

[joecon]

I have one just like that I haven't used it in years but it work well.