I haven't used one of those in a very very long time, but I would leave it on to cool between cycles. I would just be mindful of how long I kept the arc going.
As said, leave it on.
Post a picture of it.
Post some pictures, we love seeing old welders that are still operating. I was driving down the road on my way home and passed a person moving a Lincoln tombstone to the curb for garbage pickup. I wheeled around in my truck to talk to the home owner. The story was their kid cut the leads and power cord off for scrap to buy pot to get high. I told the home owner I’ll take it off his hands. I had some extra leads laying around form my welder, and 10 feet of #8 wire for a power cord. The damn thing worked perfectly. I gave it to my cousin so he stops bugging me to do welding jobs on his farm.
Good advice from the others.
For this machine, the
Yeah, or 80% - the manual should have a graph to clarify this.
The British use 6013 for pipe welding. My brother in law bent the hitch on his farm plow, a new frame was $7000.00. I cut the frame in two places, beveled the ends and welded in new 3/8 square tubing with 6013. All he had was a Miller Dilarc 250 AC. with 6011 and 6013. The root pass was 6011, fill and cap were 6013. It’s been over 10 years and the frame has held. For home and farm use AC welders with 6011/6013 shouldn’t be underestimated. For general use non xray welds, and farm use, an AC welder should be fine. 7018 is required for pipe welding because it flexes and bends better that other rods. Pipelines are welded in long sections and lowered into place. 7018 allows the long section to be lowered into place without breaking the welds. 7018 is a good rod, it’s not necessary for general welding repairs.
The round top the older version or is it vice versa ? I'm trying to think what mine is.
Man, I would not want to be running 6013 uphill on a long weld like that.
If I get some time over the 4th I’ll do some vertical up on AC with 6013. It’s not much different than vertical up on DC with 7018.
with Low-E glass.
Those Transformer based Stick Welders might be "Stone Age Technology" but they are as tough as Granite.
I’ll take a transformer welder any day over an inverter welder. You’re correct about the old transformers being tough as granite.
Try it, you'll really like it.(if it's a SW 250)
Yes, it is. It def has more duty cycle/oomph than the tombstone would. I will someday, next time I have a big stick project that'll fit in the garage (where it's at).
In contrast, I was delighted to sell my transformer welder after I got an inverter TIG machine. But I have never needed a welder to hold up to severe service. I'm just a home shop guy, and the inverter TIG is far more versatile than the Hobart AC/DC 225 stick welder.