Free Lincoln welder .. Can anything kill them?

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Published 2024-03-01
To this date I have never seen a Lincoln tombstone welder dead and this was no exception.

Stuff I used in the video:
$8 new stinger I used: amzn.to/3Tfc2HA
Aluminum Welding Cables 4awg(=5-6awg): amzn.to/3P1Y1KY

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After Thoughts about the Video: This had been sitting for days on the side of this super busy road as there was an obvious outline in the grass when I picked it up. Tons of foot traffic here as well and I assume that is where the leads, fan and power cord went off too. It's amazing the transformer didn't rip completely out of the housing in it's tumble but the steel mesh screen actually protected it. Total cost to bring this back to life: $22. ($14 for leads and $8 for stinger). I had the plug, fan, ground clamp etc. These are so simple and never die.

Aluminum WIRE(CCA) thoughts: I am very surprised at how much I actually liked it. It's less than 1/3 the weight of copper and seams the same flexible. The sheathing is rated to 80C/175F, so really good and on par with welding leads. I exceeded the duty cycle(20% at 225amps) welding a few sticks and the cable never heated up. It welds exactly the same as the copper leads on my other machines. The only rule of thumb is to step up 2 gauge sizes with aluminum. I only stepped up 1 (4awg alum vs 5awg copper) but in this short 10-15ft length it seams to make no difference.


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All Comments (21)
  • @RinoaL
    Isn't it funny when you see something on the side of the road and have to take the quickest safe U-turn possible. Lol
  • @CPthetooladdict
    Man, I grew up on the farm for years using those Lincolns they never failed!!
  • @yodasbff3395
    I came for Ginger, but stayed for the welder overhaul. She is such a sweetheart. Nice work on the welder, thanks for sharing your videos.
  • @stans5270
    After 3 classes with Mo, Ginger will be welding better than I ever could.
  • @89G
    Hahaha... you found that right by my favorite Italian Restaurant. Oddly enough, I just had a conversation yesterday with one of my viewers about how these things are unstoppable. I think you just proved our conversation as accurate!
  • @russellstephan6844
    Side of the road finds... I retired early from a high-stress career in big finance IT and for the last ten years, 90% of my daily transportation needs have been via bicycle. Talk about roadside finds! When you're going low & slow, what you see is incredible -- garments, tools, devices, containers, etc. And, if you pedal behind the huge local mall, the treasure people throw out, wow! I've scored some nice 1/4" sheet steel stock in the past. Within the last couple of weeks, I came upon a nice plastic container. And who doesn't need another sturdy container for the garage workbench? I picked up the container and tossed it into my kiddy cart bicycle trailer. I get home open up the container to toss out the half-eaten lunch still in there and discover a glass pipe and a nice cache of dope! Good thing I didn't have an official encounter that day! "Seriously! It's not mine! I found the container on the side of the road and picked it up just for the container. I didn't even look in it! I don't do drugs!" How big of an eye roll do you suppose I would have received? As for those old transformer-based welders, I have a couple of them sitting on the shelf. I like the modern inverter welders with all their weld-quality management options. But, I hold on to the old-school stuff just in case the high-tech versions lose their magic smoke and I'm in the middle of an important project to complete.
  • @flatlinesup
    welcome to another chapter of Ginger the Welding Wonder Dog!!! *Thanks for sharing
  • @PaulThomas-qo9vy
    Wow! From boulevard skidder junk to useful machine! Unbelieveable unless I watched it! Knowledge of the subject, scroungers eyes, a little ingenuity & Voila! Great Vid.!
  • @airecraft1
    99% of us would have thought it was beyond repair
  • @MikeyMack303
    Nice find! You have got to be the luckiest person I know when it comes to finding things!
  • @pgriggs2112
    The aluminum windings are not painted to look like copper. That material is called Kapton tape, a highly heat resistant material used as an insulator. It just happens to be copper-colored.
  • @davidegan3280
    Had one in the shop when I was 9, It's still in the same spot and works fine. I'm 62 now
  • @DAS-Videos
    I thought you were crazy to try and fix that thing, I thought it would fry and blow a breaker. But you fixed and restored it to practically brand new. Amazing.
  • @cosmopezzolla996
    As usual... you made that look easy! I was waiting for the smoke when you turned it on.... but not on your watch! Great video as always, you gave that machine a new life! Hope Ginger enjoys it 😂
  • @rharris7635
    A good assistant makes shop work so much easier!
  • @texaswoc3461
    I never cease to be amazed by you and your finds/restores.
  • @davidgridley3643
    If anyone could fix that, I knew you would. That was awesome…thanks for taking us along
  • @HFG
    Another one saved from the scrapper. 👍🏼