Shop Time w/T.W. Friends. Deleted your text. What was it you wanted again?

You know what's better than drinking the

That is a heck of a find! I should go to Goodwill more often. Except I certainly don't need more stuff...

 

That's a decent starter setup for anyone, never mind a 7 year old. You're a good uncle, Greg!

 

You know what's better than drinking the last Cheerwine?

Drinking the last Cheerwine when you're sweaty after mowing and getting the bikes ready for the trip.

 

I know what these are, but I am too late to guess.

 

I had several Maytag engines and a John Deere 1 1/2 hit and miss at one time, sold them all except for this 1939 Maytag 72 twin. It runs the best out of all of them I’ve had.

 

Thats neat!

 

You guys like old engine stuff. I’ll have to post a pic of the bronze placard from a white blakeslee early 1900’s engine I found on my old childhood property. I was visiting the property in St. Louis for the first time since my childhood. The property had recently been graded and the house bulldozed, I found it in the dirt. I remember finding a lot of neat old items in that dirt while growing up.

 

where i grew up
Used to be a flathead V8 half buried in a seasonal spring on the bank. The land is bought up now but i bet they dont know the engine is there

 

Had a really sweet Model 92, but sold it to a fellow who had a beautiful Maytag washing machine.

 

My shop has an old Miller Dial Arc 250 in storage and I might buy it to make it my own if I can convert it to HF so I can learn to tig aluminum with it. I think my boss wants $400 for it. Would I be better off getting a budget HF rig from Amazon? Can I even convert it to HF?

 

I restored an old Maytag washer years ago and sold it. I’ll see if I can find some pictures.

 

I have no idea but my guess is it would be cheaper to get a new one.

 

I don't know a lot about welders but tend to agree with creed on better off buying new. I had a inherited Lincoln DC250 and traded it to one of the welder dudes at work and he loves it (it was like new condition).
If your not needing to HF weld right away, I'd also suggest save for a not so budget unit.
Goodmorning creed and shop friends

Thoughts are with those in Florida disaster, news saying nearly everyone there knows someone affected.

 

I started on this last night. I was shorted a 1/4-28 bolt to put the handgrip on but found a bolt an turned that into a slotted/hex hybrid fastener. Then I threw in the towel because I couldn't get the hammer pin in. Woke up this morning and right away figured out if I took the safety off the trigger would push down and let the holes line up.

 

Looks great!

 

Found some pictures. I bought this washer at an auction for $50 with no engine. Took it all apart and you guessed it, had it all powdercoat painted. Sold it several years ago for $500

 

Friggin awesome.
Love stuff like this….

 

Mornin' folks.

 

The simple solution would be to Find a Miller HF-250 adds the High Frequency and The gas Solenoid your still working out your remote current control These can be found any where from a Low of$500.00 on up supply and demand.

Since they have been making these a long time get the serial # is it only 2 or 3 years old or is it 20 does it even work.

Your sure it is not a 460/575 VAC machine you would not be the first to buy one take it home and end up scraping it because it can`t be converted to the lower voltage.

If you could track down the parts You would need a Dial Arc HF wiring Harness all the parts yours is missing most likely a New Control Board as well the same vintage as yours .

Myself welding Aluminum I would not want to learn with out a remote .

If I got the Machine for Free I would not want to convert this to a tig machine .

Welding weathered aluminum 59 minutes attempting to clean for one minute arc time.

How much output do you need?? Plan on nothing over 3/16" look at the Vulcan Line at Harbor Freight.

New with warranty is much better then old and converted plus the new machines have bell and whistles yours would cost a fortune to install