welding stuff,what do i have here?

Ray · Jun 10, 2014

I bought a Lincoln stick welder at a farm auction
Saturday and all this stuff came with it.I'm told it's for a tig welder,but I don't know.I'm hoping someone can tell me what I have or if it's worth
anything.I sure don't need it.I got an argon tank with it also.Thanks.

chevytaHOE5674 · Jun 10, 2014

You indeed have a couple of TIG welding torches, and some hoses and regulators to go with.

Any pictures of the welder itself? Any chance its a TIG welder? (many TIG welders will also stick weld).

Ray · Jun 10, 2014

Lincoln 250 idealarc.

TimV · Jun 10, 2014

They're a wonderful welder--I have one identical to it, though probably a bit older and LOVE it. Mine has a high-frequency box that sets on top of it and allows me to do TIG. That may have been how yours was set up at one point, which would explain the rest of the stuff you got with it, though I don't see a high-frequency box nor the brackets on top where one would have mounted. Not as good as a purpose-built TIG machine but great for occasional welds where TIG is a better choice than stick.

Jake Collie · Jun 10, 2014

High freq is only needed for TIG welding aluminum. Switch polarity on the welder and hook up the TIG torch. Or, if you can't switch polarity, hook up the ground clamp to the TIG torch and the electrode holder to ground. Turn on the gas and voila you're TIG welding.

Bob Harvey · Jun 10, 2014

Looks like a lot of TIG stuff. It takes some patience to learn how to TIG weld (I got started when it was Heliarc (helium gas). Spent a lot of hours welding small, thin exotic alloys in the racing car racket. To old and a 'tad' too shaky for that stuff now. Sold my TIG (Heliarc) set-up a few years ago. Learn and enjoy. I made about a gillion 'clips' (mounting brackets out of stuff about the thickness of a paper match folder). Very satisfying. The reason for the welded 'clips' was the alloy used needed about a 4" radius for a 90 d bend. Again, enjoy !

Sparktrician · Jun 10, 2014

That is a great welder. I have one like it.....wished mine looked that good! The other stuff is tig equipment.

MarkB_MI · Jun 10, 2014

It's possible they used the TIG torches to "scratch start" with the Idealarc, but my guess is the TIG stuff was for a different welder, simply because there's so much of it. All very good stuff, nonetheless. You can try to scratch start with the stick machine, but you'll probably get frustrated very quickly with the tungsten breaking off in the weld.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2014

That looks only a couple years old at the most! Somebody knew something about welders and welding. Can I ask what all came in the deal and what you paid? With the helmet, cables, Linde flowmeter, TIG torches, cylinders(if they can be filled)etc. you've easily got over $3000 worth of equipment. An Idealarc 250 is an excellent welder. Lincoln still makes them. Scratch start TIG is used all the time for root passes in the field and also in the shop when TIG is specified. I worked in a couple vessel shops and if the code required TIG, they just hooked up the torch and a bottle of argon to the standard stick welder.

Little Ed · Jun 10, 2014

I don't see any gas control valves on the torches, so he would have to turn the gas on and off at the tank or the flowmeter.

mkirsch · Jun 11, 2014

Wow, that welder was well cared for. I have never seen an Idealarc that was still red, let alone one off a farm that was still red.

If that is a scratch start TIG rig, there should be a place somewhere on the TIG torch lead to clamp the electrode holder from the Idealarc.

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