After years of working in construction, and being subjected to safety hazards on a daily basis, i’ve just been schooled on how i should refuse work that’s unsafe. I have to laugh everytime i see this video, it cracks me up. It seems that all my life I’ve been doing it the wrong way! I don’t feel too bad about it though, everyone I’ve ever worked with has been doing it the wrong way too.
All kidding aside, i do think that it’s an important point. You have the right to refuse work that is unsafe. And i know, they’ll run you off a lot of jobs for refusing to do work that you think is unsafe, even though it’s against osha rules to do so. Those jobs are the ones that you probably don’t need to be on anyway. Just remember that there is usually another job that’s just a phone call away. You’ve only got one functioning body, and one life; don’t waste it on a shitty job.
Here’s a spartan A.C. welder, the Farmarc 180 model 10-600. From the label, it’s made by Miles Products, although a search of that name doesn’t turn up the original company. Not sure if it went out of business, or was bought out and absorbed by another company. It really doesn’t look too old, maybe 70’s-80’s. The pictures aren’t clear enough, or my eyes aren’t good enough, to pick out any indication of a manufacturing date.
It’s a pretty generic, no-frills looking A.C. only welder that uses transformer taps to change the output range. From the labels it looks like the stats are as follows:
Primary voltage - 230 volts
Primary amperage - 32
60 hz
single phase
Secondary Open Circuit Voltage - 50 volts
Secondary Load Voltage - 25 volts
Output range - 20-180 amps
20% duty cycle
As always, additional information and comments are welcome.
I really don’t know too much about this one other than it has a Chrysler industrial 6 cylinder engine in it. I’ve seen those engines in a lot of agricultural applications - irrigation pumps, harvesters, and old hobart welders to name a few. Those engines were pretty much bulletproof, and i’m sure there are thousands of them still at work today. Parts are still readily available for these engines, and there is a ton of great information about them on the internet
By the looks of the sheet metal on the welder, it’s probably a 40’s vintage? If anyone knows any more about it, i’d love to hear about it. In any event, i love the art deco styling with the sloped back over the generator. The grill looks an awful lot like a cross between an old Farmall - International Harvester model H and an Oliver 99 tractor. I’m a big fan of the styling.
This would be the perfect welder for an old off road Dodge Power Wagon Rig Truck.
