I never knew dielectric grease doesn't conduct electricity, nor that Vasaline has the same properties. I learn something with every video- thanks man!!!

@ProleDaddy

9 ай бұрын

Vaseline does not conduit electricity, at least mine doesn't. I stuck multimeter probes in and got infinite resistance, so I use it as a dielectric grease for electrical harnesses and on my battery terminals.

@Rein_Ciarfella

9 ай бұрын

Dielectric and silicone grease (same thing) form a barrier to resist moisture intrusion. The pressure between the metals in an electrical connection allow electricity to pass between them despite being covered with the grease. The connectors force the grease aside just at the point of contact. Many people don’t understand this concept.

@gadsdenconsulting7126

9 ай бұрын

@@Rein_Ciarfella Thanks for clarifying. Makes sense, as I was wondering how the electricity completed a circuit if the dielectric grease was nonconductive.

@stevenwilkinson3290

9 ай бұрын

​@@ProleDaddyYou can't trust a multimeter to test insulation because they use a low voltage. You need to use a insulation tester (megger) that uses high voltage (close to operating voltage) I like the idea of using vaseline as dielectric grease. I want to test it with our megger now.

@TradeWorks_Construction

8 ай бұрын

As others mentioned I think the point the guy was making was that both Vaseline and Dielectric grease will both form a protective barrier around the contacts AND in that sense I’m assuming he meant they are no different cuz they are basically accomplishing the same thing. Fundamentally Silicone Grease is VERY DIFFERENT from Vaseline(Petroleum Jelly) which is made from a blend of Mineral Oil and Waxes. Just clarifying cuz otherwise you’ll inevitably have a rash of people putting silicone grease on their chapped lips or substituting dielectric grease when the Vaseline runs out for their more adult activities(XXX) then pointing the finger when it doesn’t end well.

bro I did the same three wheel deal on my battery charger and its a game changer who would ever think something so simple would really up grade your equipment thanks for sharing nicely done.

@jaksilver3656

9 ай бұрын

My Dad did something similar, but he used lawn tractor tires because we were on a farm and most often welding over rough ground

Your assistant welds better than I can!

Nice restoration, the 85 foot, no. 3 cord is worth a lot more than $100. My 225amp tombstone welder, that I bought in 1972, has sticky contacts. I'm going to put some Vaseline on the contacts, thanks for the information. Ginger always makes me smile,thanks. 8:49

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Ginger is a great sport too allow me too mess with her like this. Question: does your 1972 have the yellow sticker on it like mine?

@yodasbff3395

8 ай бұрын

My 1972 225 amp tombstone does not have a yellow sticker on it.

@donavonbaker5172

8 ай бұрын

I bot 5 off these in 1975 for 100$ each. Sold and or traded 4 kep 1 still have it. Have burnt hundreds if pounds of rods. Never had any issues. 😀

Contacts are usually silver or platinum coated. The World's largest crane, had contacts, submerged in dielectric transformer oil. Large bars of silver, cleaned them up, and wondered if I removed a few hundred dollars of silver? Once a jeweler brought in a bench grinder. Scraped a small baggie of gold and silver, off of it.

Love the content of this channel, repairing everything is the way I was brought up, plus not having a lot helps to repair

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Hey Thanks

Never brought dielectric grease, always use Vaseline. My grandad was a telecom's engineer after the war and swore by it.

6011, 7014, 7024 (flat only), 6013 and 7018-ac work good on these little buzz boxes. Regular 7018 is designed for reverse polarity DC and is very difficult (sticky) to use on AC machines. On the ships we used 6010 or 6011 5/32 for a first pass as it will burn through the rust and paint followed by a quick wire brush and then 1/8th 7018, two or three passes. They will weld at the same amperage. 6010 and 6011 have a better gas shield than 7018 and are better for a first pass on open root (gap) welding. They also work better in vertical down passes to build up some 'meat' in extremely corroded sections. - Bob the Welder.

I believe the contacts you refer to are tungsten which is brazed onto the the copper. This is done to minimize contact erosion due to high current loads.

A couple of things, I had no idea that my old tombstone was wound in aluminum, and second I had no idea that these were used to defrost iron pipes.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

I'd like to try it out just to see.

@MaxGiganteum

8 ай бұрын

"I had no idea that these were used to defrost iron pipes..." Can be used. C-A-N be used to thaw pipes but you'd better know what you're doing or you can set your house on fire. True story - back on Christmas Eve day 1983, the neighbor across the main road from the property that my parents owned had a pipe freeze so he set up his welder to attempt to thaw the pipe out. He apparently cranked up the power too far and ignited some materials in a cardboard box or two that were stacked up against the wall in the garage on the other side of the kitchen. While not that much of the actual house burned, the fire department ended up ripping down about half the sheetrock in the home to make sure the fire was out. The entire house was flooded with smoke & soot and there was a lot of water damage. What a way to ruin your Christmas, eh?!? While I wasn't there to witness the fiasco, my parents were... I got to see the place a few days later when I went over to check it out. The mom, dad and two kids got to spend a few days in a hotel before finding other lodging that ended up lasting for 1½ years. The one and only good thing that you might say came of the fire was that the owners decided to add onto the house during the rebuild which is why it took so long. Ultimately, it was obvious as to the cause - the welder. There was no hiding it. Here's the thing though... the real mistake IMHO was that the neighbor made the mistake of not protecting his pipes in the first place. To compound the problem, he then used a welder to attempt a thaw - without really knowing what he was doing. According to my father, he said that he just kept cranking up the juice because he wasn't getting immediate results and out of frustration decided to leave the welder on while he went into the house "to let it do its thing". In other words, it didn't cross his mind that something might get hot enough to start a fire... and fire did break out which he wasn't there to see. The first sign of trouble was smelling smoke while he was sitting warm in the house but by then it was too late. The flames had already spread up the wall into the attic through the unfinished studs. Fortunately, nobody was hurt but Christmas was decidedly shot. I remember two main things out of it all and the first is that your garden hose is useless as a firefighting apparatus when it's rolled up outside in the flower bed full of frozen water. Yes, neighbor guy went straight to it first thing. The other was something my father said which came from the firemen: every single year quite a number of people across America set their house on fire with welders or torches when they attempt to thaw out frozen pipes. The morals of the story are simple - if you're going to thaw a frozen pipe with a welder, you'd better make sure you know what you're doing. There's also a risk of ignition and fire... don't forget that fact. That's exactly why the fire department recommends to never use a welder to thaw your pipes. If you do? Proceed at your own risk. Here's a happy & safe Thanksgiving in advance to all. - Max Giganteum

That was a fix that keeps the dump free of unnecessary waste and it looks good enough to keep. You have created a new welder in the process, and I am talking about Ginger, not the Buzz Box. ✨

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Lol. Hey thanks

That's the spitting image of the welder I inherited from my father. Not as much rust, same faded paint. Between his projects, the guys in the neighborhood and the Volunteer Fire Department, this thing burned rod probably 10 hours a month from 1961 or 2 until 2000. That came out really nice! Thanks for sharing.

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks. Awesome story

Nice work, man. "Grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't," is my level of expertise.

A perfect example of something so well designed it never needs to be changed for over half a century, Lincoln still makes them

Universal Electric made pipe thawers for Sears, for decades. Just a simple transformer, with as much money in welding cable, as we put into the transformer.

Never a better stick welder made. I learned basic welding on my uncle's old round top Lincoln. Don't ask how long ago that was, doubt you were born yet!

Holy moly, I didn’t know Ginger could weld 💁🏻‍♂️

I always learn something from your videos

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

You always do such solid work. None of the BS filling with bondo, hammer it out weld the cracks and paint it. Looks good as new.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Hey Thanks.

Great work keeping It out of landfill or something. I recently got a similar buzz box, and started refurbishing it. My issue is Its got a giant swinging thing inside to change the capacity. Also I need a 50 amp outlet in my shop to try it out with. Hope mine works as good as yours. You gave me some good tips that will help me finish up.

How you fix things up is amazing. I’m always interested in what you’ll do next. Great channel.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thanks so much! I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Have a great thanksgiving! I appreciate the information you keep sending our way. Love seeing Ginger too - She is one smart dog!

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Same to you!

The double wide wheels on the back of the cart may have been to take it out of the shop and into the yard on unfirm ground. The long cord to plug it in lends to that idea too

Good job Moe! I could watch you restore a hundred of these things!

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

I acquired one of these from a friend who passed away, he was a welder for years and it still is in great condition

You do the coolest stuff. I doubt I will ever need or purchase a Lincoln Welder, but after watching your channel over the years, I want one. I will have to keep my eyes open at auctions.

Bad insulation on hot lead could arc against work and cause damage,glad you covered y the damaged area .

Grinder n paint make me the welder i ain't.... Love it. Great video

Those contact pads are probably nickel. Most contacts are nickel plated because they resist abrasion and last a long time. and it doesn’t corrode like straight copper you’ll see this nickel plating on battery, terminals and springs. On flashlights, and anything that takes batteries.

Even with short duty cycles these boxes worked well. I had the same box but it was AC/DC

Uncle was an iron worker and his boy was a par welder. They started logging and made everything with a Tombstone they got in the 60's. Metal handle I think., Used to have to dip the stinger in water to cool it off. Built up dozer grousers and built truck log frames and the Tombstone never flickered. YAAY for the paint shaker and Ginger is used to a TIG rig. Stick is foreign land to her.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Dip in water.. that's awesome. Necessity is the mother of invention.

@lewiemcneely9143

9 ай бұрын

That was when the grouser bars were being welded on the dozer pads. Made the old Tombstone almost a 100% duty cycle machine!@@sixtyfiveford

i always learn something form your videos. The defrosting pipes part i had never heard of before, so cool.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

I think I'm going to try it out this winter as an experiment.

You answered my question, on what to use on the rotor stat contacts 👍🏻

I have one of those 180A tombstones. I had no idea it was that old. It is bulletproof. Nice restoration! I like the three wheeled cart!

Those contacts they put on copper are Silver. Copper will arc and fuse together. Silver can arc and will not fuse. All relays have silver tips on the contact surfaces. Telays stick once the silver has been burned through.

I learned to weld on these. By far one of the biggest returns on investment of tools I've owned.

Just discovered your channel and like it. Real content is hard to find on KZread.

@sixtyfiveford

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

I have a 225S. I intend to build one of those three wheeled carts. Should help a lot. There is another compound you should use. When joining aluminum to copper we used an inhibitor compound. The stuff we used is named Penetrox. It prevents galvanic reaction from taking place when there is a joint between copper and aluminum. The reaction looks a lot like the corrosion that happens around your car battery terminals.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks I'll look it up.

Great video I have one just like that. My fan is running rough making noise probsbly needs a liitle oiling . This video gives me the urge to redo mine thanx a lot keep putting out these great videos you can't get a better friend then Ginger.

I just got a 120 volt sefas stick welder but as far the one you got it is hard to find those tomb stone welding machines glad you are fixing this one up there sixty five Ford

@RonSales

9 ай бұрын

I got one of these for sale in Zion Il.

Lots of good stuff in this video but the one thing I have to comment on is your painting. I could hug you. Finally someone that knows how to use a can of spray paint. It makes my head wanna explode when I see people spraying with tiny short bursts while shaking the can the whole time. Drives me nuts. The three wheeled cart looks like a great idea

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Drives me crazy as well. I used to spray paint(lacquer and stain) at a wood shop. I want to try one of those mega turbo cans they released a few years ago that actually have a fan pattern. The only problem is they only come in White and Black.

I always found it to be easier to weld thin metal with thicker electrodes .if there is a hole i usually start with cleaning it to bare healthy metal and then i weld around it with tilted electrode at 40° to reduce penetration.and you slowly fill in the gap and grind the excess off. Never had luck with small thin electrodes since even on low amps they still penetrate too deep.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your insight. I generally only keep a stick welder around for super thick stuff but have guys ask on other video all the time about sheet metal. So I actually went out and bought some 1/16 6013 electrodes just for this video.

@RambozoClown

8 ай бұрын

@@sixtyfiveford Try 1/16 7014. I always found that was the easiest to use on thin rusty sheet metal. Love the dawg.

@MaxGiganteum

8 ай бұрын

As soon as I saw the damaged sheet metal, my brain snapped out "TIG weld!". - Max Giganteum

@RambozoClown

8 ай бұрын

@@MaxGiganteum TIG would be ideal, but a good hand with stick can also get the job done.

@SF-fm7ov

8 ай бұрын

I agree. I use a thicker maybe 1/8 6013 rod to weld thin metal. Short weld and then maybe 2 second cool then short weld then another 2 second cooldown. Thicker rods lay down metal quicker. I do the same when repairing a hole.

Great content. Always love seeing you restore a Lincoln tomb box because I have an old one I inherited that I want to restore.

Holy crap. I thought the one I got in the dumpster was a good deal. Mine didn't come with any of that extra rod. Well worth $100+

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

A free dumpster one is a score!

Nice job as always 👍 That's what i learned on was a lincoln 225AC. Not a Tombstone welder though Rounded top and straight sides from the 50's.

@grampa_ahah

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a very old Lincoln welder.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Yes, technically not the iconic rounded Lincoln that coined the nick name Tombstone but the name still fits and is used heavily along with "Buzz Box" or "Cracker Box" that the original also took on. The amount of 180 and 225 versions like in the video that they made is staggering. They have to outnumber the original production numbers 100+ fold.

Great grab really lays down a nice bead but I think we need to see Ginger's attempt before we decide who's the better welder 😁 The three wheels 👍

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Great point!

I believe those contacts are a silver alloy. We have them on our older high voltage switches.

I looked for Ginger at the big dog show today but I guess she was finishing up some welding project😂..great video cb

Super nice job Moe. Another classic restored!

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Seeing Ginger in a welding helmet reminded me of a welder we called Fido. Around the time he was due to be coded you'd see him burying his practice pieces at the bottom of the skip/dumpster like a dog with a bone so nobody would see how bad they were.

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

That's hilarious!

Great video. You made it nice and pretty. Thanks for the information about Vaseline. That’s easier to find and cheaper to use.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Hey thanks

I sincerely hope you are doing well with this channel…….. I thoroughly enjoy it.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Wow it looks brand new, great job! I love getting something an old timer modified.

Nicely done, Moe. It looks and works like new. I've had a couple of them over the years. Great welders. Thanks for sharing

they were good ole welders.i have used them.

Thanks, Moe. I've watched your videos with quite a few of the Tombstone welders!

Thank you for sharing this! I see these at estate sales and think they are probably not worth messing with but now i know better 😎

Nice Job Moe ! 👍 It Looks Really Nice. Us Old Timers Know Vaseline Is Good For Electrical Stuff. We Used To Put Vaseline on The Battery Terminals of Cars. And Use It Even on Aurora Thunderjet Slot Cars In Place of Oil on the Gears Set ! Ginger the Best Dog on YT !

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Never heard of defrosting pipes.... very cool info !!

The contacts are silver. They are also used in the contacts of breakers but a much smaller coating.

Wow, nice job. It looks new. Thanks for the video.

Thanks, very informative on a rebuild. I enjoyed the learning opportunity. I'm a beginner on welding, I've welded with 70/24 sticks before.

@kubotalife3636

8 ай бұрын

$$$

I'm gonna say 86 or newer with the warning sticker on the front. I've never seen one from the 60s with that and I've been in shops where the welder had been sitting on a shelf since it was pulled out of the box. I've only worked in a few shops when I was a kid where the welders are from the 70s and don't remember those very well. I seem to recall on the welders from the 70s and back the circle around the 75 was red back when they suggested the water pipe thawing (they no long suggest it BTW). Those contacts are zinc. Still has a pretty high electrical flow but harder than copper or brass on something like that. They are normally silver soldered in place. Aint broke don't fix it because the only option is replacement. Once silver solder is flowed the first time it takes way more heat the get it to flow a 2nd time. I say you risk melting the copper base trying.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

80's + had a larger face plate (longer at bottom) and white plastic plugs holding it on vs screws. I believe the sticker is a California compliance thing.

I welded a bunch of stuff with this same welder! Thin sheetmetal to 1/4" plate!

The humidity level is so high here that we can't store our rods that way. A lot of us use an old refrigerator for storage to keep them dry.

The damaged cord would mostly be an issue if you drag it across your work piece (like a car)

My Dad bought a new one in the late 60s. I think he paid $79.99 for it. Used it for many years.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

I had to plug that into an inflation calculator. 1965 - $80 is $781 Today (2020 was $657). DANG inflation is crazy.

I can’t… I can’t breathe, I’m dyin ova heeya, that pup skit is killing me! Talk about needing a good laugh & challenge being accepted. That’s one smart pup, he kinda reminds me of my boys in their preteen introduction to stick welding, minus the tail of course. I can almost hear the faint echo of “you’re not doing it son!” But man did they have fun trying, you’d think they brought Frankenstein back to life with how proud they were over those not so stacked dimes lol. Great pay it forward tombstone welder, I think every kid should own one😉 Thanks for taking us along Mo and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours brother.🦃

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks. It was an interesting 20 minutes trying to get the pup to do this.

" are you paying attention"? love it!

I've had 3 or 4 of these welders, from brand new to "yard sale specials" my current one was $25 (maybe a Montgomery Wards? not here, it's at my shop).. I've never had to do anything to any of them, but after seeing you rebuild a few I just might give mine a quick overhaul, so it'll last another 75 years :)

@walterrobbins4470

9 ай бұрын

I have an old Montgomery ward buzz box and after watching Moe do a tombstone I decided to give the buzz box a facelift. I didn’t have the right color of paint but it looks better than it did

Great video.......Those cords are worth more than the welder....Thank you...

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

You got that right!

Some welders use the whip and pause technique. Ginger is a pro and always uses whip and paw technique.🐕

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Lol

What great score, and awesome resto job! Thanks for showing details on the switches.

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Nice job. The cord alone is worth more that $100 bucks.... 95 feet of 10 ga??? Heh heh heh!!! Yes please.... Good explanation of dielectric. I like to try to tell people it "traps" the electricity WHERE YOU WANT IT.... And you touched on this for a second, but yes, it also fills that space that might be there... The blob of dielectric will not allow water, rain, vapors, or humidity to contact the metal in your contacts.... Now sure, with a power washer you could blast it out of there, but in "routine" use, The raindrop lands on the grease, and never gets a chance to reach the contacts you are trying to protect... The grease displaces the area where water or humidity or misty rain might try to go..... Enough blah blah. Your finished product looked really good. Great job. Those things aren't cheap... That's a neat welder. Very nice.

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Most of the time I get 8ga or 6ga but I'll take 10ga as well. The best was a $75 welder that came with over 200ft combined of 6-8ga cords. Those get heavy.

Was surprised you did not just sand blast it and do a great power coat on it .

the internet is great to find this stuff if you know where to look.

Man just the cords are worth the 100$ bill.

I got a Miller Thunderbolt barely used from a welding shop. They said it just sat in the corner for years. Came with a fifty foot cord too, paid $200. Gonna file that three wheeled cart away in my brainpan for it.

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

That's a great score

Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍

well done did the same thing with Vaseline works great

That contact is most likely silver. Silver is a common material for contacts in electrical equipment. No larger than those contacts are they likely didn’t cost more than a dollar, if that. I had to replace a set of contacts in a three phase 400 amp starter and the set of contacts was made of silver and cost about $300 in 1991.

@RambozoClown

8 ай бұрын

Silver was my first thought, but also could be Silver-Nickle.

Beautiful work!

Ginger trying to escape the torture at the beginning of the video😂

Nice find!

@sixtyfiveford

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Looks seventies to me, with the newer Lincoln logo with the skinnier letters. I've welded body gauge sheetmetal with 6013s at 40 amps. Back in the day, there was pretty much one standard thickness of sheetmetal that everything was made of. 55 gallon drums are the same thickness, cold rolled steel. I think every place I've worked has had at least one of these tombstone welders. Never could figure out how to use one to weld up a tombstone though.

Cool find, amazing deal and you made that thing beautiful--well done!

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks

You have one of my favorite channels!!

ALWAYS LIKE THE RESTORE VIDEOS

I'm guessing that the little metal contacts on the switch are made of silver cadmium oxide , just like a relay contact.

Great watch

@sixtyfiveford

6 ай бұрын

Hey Thanks!

I still have my Century welder 220 single phase @ 55 amps

Put the third on off switch in my tig machine along with new wiring. Switch was 177 dollars with wire being over 50 dollars. Things are getting high priced.

That’s an awesome deal !!! The cord alone was worth it with the price of copper being so high.

I've said it before... your channel is my favorite subbed channel (by far). I'd enjoy being your neighbor! Move up to Rexburg Ok? Project Idea for your channel: repair that rusty spot on the Vee Dub.

@sixtyfiveford

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks. It's funny I never notice the rust spot until I see it in a video. It would only take me a few hours.

Contacts are made of silver.

If you have an old oven you can bake the welding rods for a couple of hours to get the moisture out of it. Hopefully you did not use acid core plumbers solder. It will oxidize the joint and it will fail.

Looks good with a fresh coat of paint

@sixtyfiveford

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

It is a silver contact on the ends of arm.

I HAD TO WATCH THIS JUST FROM THE TITLE, I'M 61 GOT ONE WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY TWENTIES, , I ADDED A LONGER POWER LEAD, AS WELL AS WELDIN LEADS, I DID WIRE WHEEL IT AND TAKE ARATTLE CANNED IT, SHES A BEAUT, SILLY RABBIT, I BOUGHT AN EXTRA ONE, ON THE INCASE, I'LL CLEAN IT UPGET IT A NEW HOME

These welders in my times in the auto biz were known as tombstone welders