Lincoln BUZZ BOX stick Welder restore

Your assistant welds better than I can!

I never knew dielectric grease doesn't conduct electricity, nor that Vasaline has the same properties. I learn something with every video- thanks man!!!

bro I did the same three wheel deal on my battery charger and its a game changer who would ever think something so simple would really up grade your equipment thanks for sharing nicely done.

Nice restoration, the 85 foot, no. 3 cord is worth a lot more than $100. My 225amp tombstone welder, that I bought in 1972, has sticky contacts. I'm going to put some Vaseline on the contacts, thanks for the information. Ginger always makes me smile,thanks. 8:49

I believe the contacts you refer to are tungsten which is brazed onto the the copper. This is done to minimize contact erosion due to high current loads.

Love the content of this channel, repairing everything is the way I was brought up, plus not having a lot helps to repair

A perfect example of something so well designed it never needs to be changed for over half a century, Lincoln still makes them

Holy moly, I didn’t know Ginger could weld 💁🏻‍♂️

Never brought dielectric grease, always use Vaseline. My grandad was a telecom's engineer after the war and swore by it.

Nice work, man. "Grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't," is my level of expertise.

A couple of things, I had no idea that my old tombstone was wound in aluminum, and second I had no idea that these were used to defrost iron pipes.

That's the spitting image of the welder I inherited from my father. Not as much rust, same faded paint. Between his projects, the guys in the neighborhood and the Volunteer Fire Department, this thing burned rod probably 10 hours a month from 1961 or 2 until 2000. That came out really nice! Thanks for sharing.

I always learn something from your videos

That was a fix that keeps the dump free of unnecessary waste and it looks good enough to keep. You have created a new welder in the process, and I am talking about Ginger, not the Buzz Box. ✨

6011, 7014, 7024 (flat only), 6013 and 7018-ac work good on these little buzz boxes. Regular 7018 is designed for reverse polarity DC and is very difficult (sticky) to use on AC machines. On the ships we used 6010 or 6011 5/32 for a first pass as it will burn through the rust and paint followed by a quick wire brush and then 1/8th 7018, two or three passes. They will weld at the same amperage. 6010 and 6011 have a better gas shield than 7018 and are better for a first pass on open root (gap) welding. They also work better in vertical down passes to build up some 'meat' in extremely corroded sections. - Bob the Welder.

Never a better stick welder made. I learned basic welding on my uncle's old round top Lincoln. Don't ask how long ago that was, doubt you were born yet!

The double wide wheels on the back of the cart may have been to take it out of the shop and into the yard on unfirm ground. The long cord to plug it in lends to that idea too

Universal Electric made pipe thawers for Sears, for decades. Just a simple transformer, with as much money in welding cable, as we put into the transformer.

Contacts are usually silver or platinum coated. The World's largest crane, had contacts, submerged in dielectric transformer oil. Large bars of silver, cleaned them up, and wondered if I removed a few hundred dollars of silver? Once a jeweler brought in a bench grinder. Scraped a small baggie of gold and silver, off of it.

You answered my question, on what to use on the rotor stat contacts 👍🏻