Gunner Asch wrote:
Years ago, at least 20, I snagged an elderly Marquette 110vt buzzbox.

Its always been an utter pain in the ass to weld with, as it seems to
be nearly unable to maintain an arc. Open voltage is right at 34
volts, not measured under load.

Data plate shows up to 90amps, 30volts open current, so it SHOULD be
able to burn 3/32 rod well enough. Line voltage is 124volts, on a 50
amp circuit. with a sag to 122volts when I strike an arc. Or try to.

There is no reactor(?) coil in the machine, just a hefty transformer,
with 3 taps, Low, Med, High

I dragged it out over the weekend and tried welding with it since my
skill level has increased a smidge since I got it .

Its still a pain in the ass. Even with 3/32 rod of various types, it
will bearly maintain an arch, but the rod turns red very quickly and
sags, even though it wont burn properly.

Is this an indication of too low an arc voltage, given that Ive good
reasonable current..enough to sag the rod.

Ive tried 1/16", and its not a hell of a lot better, with 6011/6013
etc being tried in all sizes.

Would I be served by making a reactor (?) choke(?)

Chuckle..this is simply a fun thing, as Ive got other..better..welders
to use.

Any of you technical guys give me a heads up ?

Gunner


The 110v stick welder that was given (dumped) to me, will only
reliably run a bead with 1/16 rod.

It has, on the up side, saved my butt on an occasion or two, when I
needed something tacked down or welded shut, and had no other available
welder, but at the price of 1/16 rods, and the limited amount of real
use I have for the welder, I have not bothered to buy more rods for it.

The 3/32 rods I tried were flat out too much for the machine to run.
That was plugged in to a circuit that was about 8 feet of wire away from
the main box, and which had no other draws on it.

Good power supply for something small, maybe, but not much of a welder.

My 110v wirefeed Lincoln, loaded with flux core wire, has been far
more use, and is a better investment of time spent fiddling. It came to
me for very cheap, and has had new bearings, feed rollers and liner
installed.

Fixing that one up would be like pimping out a Lada. You can do it,
but....

Cheers
Trevor Jones

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:01:02 -0500, Ignoramus4289
ignoramus4289@NOSPAM.4289.invalid> wrote:

On 2008-04-21, Gunner Asch <gunner@NOSPAMlightspeed.net> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:19:49 -0500, Ignoramus4289
ignoramus4289@NOSPAM.4289.invalid> wrote:

On 2008-04-21, Gunner Asch <gunner@NOSPAMlightspeed.net> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:44:41 -0500, Ignoramus4289
ignoramus4289@NOSPAM.4289.invalid> wrote:

I think that you have better things to do, compared to adding chokes
to pieces of crap. A POS with a choke is still a POS.

I heard that copper prices are up considerably...

i

What part of "for fun" did you not comprehend?

btw...I took delivery of one of these this weekend

http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalog/operatorsmanualdatasheet.aspx?p=32264

Guy claims no matter what setting its at..it runs full bore. All the
boards have been changed (I have the receipts).

Ill be fixing that one up too. Will that offend you less? <G

That is a great project. Perfect project in fact.

i


Ooooo!! I thank you for your approval Your Imminance!!

One assumes that Ill be allowed to have fun doing it as well?


Only if you vote for Barack Hussein Obama

i

I didnt vote for Karl Marx, Im sure not going to vote for his great
great grandson Obamarama.

Gunner

Ive used it for derusting, though its pretty high voltage.

Didnt take long to suck off the rust.

Should be around 3-13 volts, right?

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:56:46 -0400, Leon Fisk
lfisk@no.spam.iserv.net> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:40:46 -0700, Gunner Asch
gunner@NOSPAMlightspeed.net> wrote:

snip
Data plate shows up to 90amps, 30volts open current, so it SHOULD be
able to burn 3/32 rod well enough. Line voltage is 124volts, on a 50
amp circuit. with a sag to 122volts when I strike an arc. Or try to.

What are the current levels on input and output while under
load? Maybe you have a bad/resistive connection somewhere in
the output. Measuring some current levels may prove helpful.

I dont have any meters on the thing..I guess this would be a good time
to stick a clamp on , on it.

There is no reactor(?) coil in the machine, just a hefty transformer,
with 3 taps, Low, Med, High

I've only seen reactor coils on DC machines. They help
smooth out the bumps between rectified cycles while still
allowing the voltage to fluctuate and current to stay
steady. I don't think it would help much here (shrug). You
can always make a crude one for a test. Just coil maybe 20
loops of the stinger cable around maybe a 2 inch or so
square stick close to the welder output and give it a whirl.

I wasnt sure if I had the terminology right.
Choke?

Only if you vote for Barack Hussein Obama

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Can you hit a target that small?