#EIGHTNINEGARAGE #lincoln #welder
Welcome to another episode of The Eight Nine Garage. In this episode, we dig this old Lincoln stick welder out of storage, and get it back to working order. We replaced the wiring, and both the electrode and ground clamps. This will be a great addition to the garage, and will be a great option going forward. Much thanks to @sixtyfiveford for the inspiration!
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Is the green wire on the power cord a ground wire?
Christ you talk too damn much
I'd keep the cable length both at 10ft, thats a total of 20ft between the two, 4ga wire should pass current just fine through 20ft, just adjust current needed with the Amp dial.
It's hard to kill a 225, Got one that my dad got new in 1970. Don't use it a lot but it's been paid for a long long time now. Clean your steel before welding and the flex after you finish the weld and you will be off to a good start.
your grounding cable can be as long as you want or need, that way you don't have to move the box around so much , you want a good ground be it close to your work or far from it .
You made it really nice! Good job!
There isn't any reason to have a black and red wire. The welder is AC, and as far as polarity goes, the welder doesn't know or care.
You might wanna keep your rod a little closer to the metal as it melts off but that ain’t bad for your first time awesome job you with that welder man it’ll go forever
I dont know if you found out by now or not. But you were talking about the length of the ground wire effecting the weld. It does not. It's not like car audio. However. The longer your leads are, the thicker the wire you need to use. Also my favorite rods to use for an AC welder is either 6011 or 6013. 6013 does look a little better and can be used on both AC and DC. 6011 does take some time to get good looking beads but it definitely can be done. I'm 23 and I've been welding since I was 15. I've learned alot in 8 years of welding and you're never too young or too old to learn. That bead didnt look bad. The thing about stick welding is the more you do it, the better you get. It takes more skill than mig that's for sure. Just wait until you get into tig welding stainless and aluminum. I've been tig welding for just over 3 years. Still have alot of learning on that lol.
My cousin gave me one and the leads are all rotted so this was a perfect video I’m interested in what gauge wire you need to wire up that 240 plug
My friend just gave me one and I am going to do the same thing. Thanks
I just went through my F.I.L.'s welder that is the same as yours but mid 70's. It had bird poop all over it from hanging on the wall in the pole barn so I did sand it off and repainted it. Looks and works like new, hanging back on the wall again. It does need new cables because the rubber becomes brittle over decades. I covered the cables with clear tubing for now. I was afraid to check on cost. I hope you didn't shorten the ground cable as it's that long for a reason. It allows enough length to attach ground lead say to one end of trailer and electrode lead is much longer to weld different areas without moving welder. Do ya really think that Lincoln would spend the extra money for a longer ground lead if it affected the performance of their welder? SMH. Buy some 7014 rod as it's the easiest to lay a nice bead with and stronger, 70psi. Nice video. Greetings from the farm near Battle Creek, Mi.
Hey, we can’t blame you for not posting on Thanksgiving! Lol
Cool video!