I am a new member to this forum and I have read a lot of posts and discussions and I know there has to be some old cats on here. I am an old iron collector border line horder. I enjoy making old junk work like new.
I recently acquired an old Hobart brothers engine drive welder. It's a 300amp with a 6 cylinder flathead Chrysler motor. It say in a barn for 15 years and after freeing up the stuck valves and getting a good tune up on it it's running great...I freed up all the bushes which was a pain in the 4th point of contact and now it welds like a dream!! I have my preferences for different brands for different things...I absolutely love millers mig welders and for the heavy stick work I've never had better than the old mans 1937 400 amp Lincoln...that is until I started running this old Hobart. It lays out a bead like butter. I absolutely love this old rig and I may build another mobile welding rig to throw it on.
Now for my old guy question....has anybody ran one of these units before? Id like to find parts for it but I've zero luck except for brushes. I've tried to get info on it from the Hobart site but they say they can't give me much info other than Amps and duty cycle. Any first hand knowledge would be awesome because I'd just like to know!
I recently acquired an old Hobart brothers engine drive welder. It's a 300amp with a 6 cylinder flathead Chrysler motor. It say in a barn for 15 years and after freeing up the stuck valves and getting a good tune up on it it's running great...I freed up all the bushes which was a pain in the 4th point of contact and now it welds like a dream!! I have my preferences for different brands for different things...I absolutely love millers mig welders and for the heavy stick work I've never had better than the old mans 1937 400 amp Lincoln...that is until I started running this old Hobart. It lays out a bead like butter. I absolutely love this old rig and I may build another mobile welding rig to throw it on.
Now for my old guy question....has anybody ran one of these units before? Id like to find parts for it but I've zero luck except for brushes. I've tried to get info on it from the Hobart site but they say they can't give me much info other than Amps and duty cycle. Any first hand knowledge would be awesome because I'd just like to know!
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