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[Zorina]

need help -was given this welder to practise on-ive just started on my way in a welding college course -for apprenticeship.
Was given this welder-having a hard time findi g any information on it online-Anyone know information about arcweld? Should I keep this welder?


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[Zorina]

need help -was given this welder to practise on-ive just started on my way in a welding college course -for apprenticeship.
Was given this welder-having a hard time findi g any information on it online-Anyone know information about arcweld? Should I keep this welder?


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[smithdoor]

Welcome to the group

Looks like great welder can see the name brand.

Dave

need help -was given this welder to practise on-ive just started on my way in a welding college course -for apprenticeship.
Was given this welder-having a hard time findi g any information on it online-Anyone know information about arcweld? Should I keep this welder?


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[Zorina]

Welcome to the group

Dave

Thanks Dave !


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[52 Ford]

Welcome! Looks like a pretty nice welder. It looks to be very similar to a Lincoln AC/DC 125/225. Just shaped differently... and of course more Canadian, having French on it and whatnot.

As long as you have access to a 50A 240V single phase outlet, it aughta serve you well!

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[Zorina]

Welcome to the group

Looks like great welder can see the name brand.

Dave

ill take a pic of the side it says "arcweld" couldn't fond any information on it -closes I can find is a lincoln that looks like it


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[smithdoor]

Ods are it is a Lincoln design and licensed but manufacture from a different country.

It is only a guess 🤷

The good news is most parts can be purchased from Amazon or shop made.

Dave

ill take a pic of the side it says "arcweld" couldn't fond any information on it -closes I can find is a lincoln that looks like it


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[NotaVegetarian]

Welcome to the wonderful world of welding.

[Zorina]

Ods are it is a Lincoln design and licensed but manufacture from a different country.

It is only a guess

The good news is most parts can be purchased from Amazon or shop made.

Dave

lincolns and Millers are very popular here as well (did have a choice of getting the 225 lincolcn tombstone one but picked this as its ac dc
im in an apprenticeship red seal program-and yes im canadian


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[wb4rt]

If you can find the manual on the Lincoln one (Lincoln website), I bet it will apply to your welder. AC/DC is much better!

If it works, you should get a lot of welding out of it. They are pretty simple compared to current models so any repairs should be easy.

Welcome to welding!

[Zorina]

If you can find the manual on the Lincoln one (Lincoln website), I bet it will apply to your welder. AC/DC is much better!

If it works, you should get a lot of welding out of it. They are pretty simple compared to current models so any repairs should be easy.

Welcome to welding!

Im trying to find the model of the lincoln -pretty sure their the same as well .I was going to get a new inverter one but most said made in "china"
in my current price range (I have too much other hobbies) but figured by what I have read these older ones last a longer time


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[Zorina]

Welcome! Looks like a pretty nice welder. It looks to be very similar to a Lincoln AC/DC 125/225. Just shaped differently... and of course more Canadian, having French on it and whatnot.

As long as you have access to a 50A 240V single phase outlet, it aughta serve you well!

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yes im already set up with a 50 amp aware of that



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[CAVEMANN]

Welcome!

[BillE.Dee]

Welcome to the house. I do believe that machine is the same as the lincoln and will serve you well. I also believe that the manuals will be interchangeable, just the dialect will be a bit different.....EH??

[Zorina]

Welcome!

thank you ! Glad to be here to get help


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[Zorina]

Welcome to the house. I do believe that machine is the same as the lincoln and will serve you well. I also believe that the manuals will be interchangeable, just the dialect will be a bit different.....EH??

We definitely have lincolns here -their extremely common and a major brand
name here-I know century was also made by lincoln -arcweld i've actually not seen here Its always mostly Lincoln or Milner--but I googled a bit to find out looking at some websites lincoln and arcweld are actually still branded together

and they still seem to produce newer ones
sending them an email

As what I have founf is arcweld is not coming up in canadian sites by lincoln but it is branded together in many licoln products on their UK site





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[Zorina]

We definitely have lincolns here -their extremely common and a major brand
name here-I know century was also made by lincoln -arcweld i've actually not seen here Its always mostly Lincoln or Milner--but I googled a bit to find out looking at some websites lincoln and arcweld are actually still branded together

and they still seem to produce newer ones
sending them an email

As what I have founf is arcweld is not coming up in canadian sites by lincoln but it is branded together in many licoln products on their UK site





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[Zorina]

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Okay Lincoln got back to me
They own Arcweld and they bought it in the 90's from a canadian company


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[Zorina]

Welcome to the wonderful world of welding.

thank you


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[Zorina]

If you can find the manual on the Lincoln one (Lincoln website), I bet it will apply to your welder. AC/DC is much better!

If it works, you should get a lot of welding out of it. They are pretty simple compared to current models so any repairs should be easy.

Welcome to welding!

i contacted them and the manual they sent for it is a lincoln


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[Sberry]

DC is well worth it,,, wont have to buy rods,,,, hahahaha

[Louie1961]

Honestly those machines are so simple the owners manual isn't going to tell you very much at all. Set it for DC electrode positive, pick your favorite flavor of welding rod (7018, 7014, 6010, 6011, 6013, etc) and set the amps for somewhere near the middle of the amperage range recommended by the welding rod manufacturer. Every rod comes with a recommended amp range. This is an example for Lincoln Excalibur 7018 rods. Note how the amp range changes with the rod diameter. For 1/8th inch rod, the min is 90 amps and the max is 160 amps. If you set your dial as close to 125 amps as possible, you will be all set. If your dial isn't very accurate (as often happens) or you find you are running too hot or too cold (you will learn that in your apprenticeship) then just adjust 1-2 notches higher or lower.

[Zorina]

Honestly those machines are so simple the owners manual isn't going to tell you very much at all. Set it for DC electrode positive, pick your favorite flavor of welding rod (7018, 7014, 6010, 6011, 6013, etc) and set the amps for somewhere near the middle of the amperage range recommended by the welding rod manufacturer. Every rod comes with a recommended amp range. This is an example for Lincoln Excalibur 7018 rods. Note how the amp range changes with the rod diameter. For 1/8th inch rod, the min is 90 amps and the max is 160 amps. If you set your dial as close to 125 amps as possible, you will be all set. If your dial isn't very accurate (as often happens) or you find you are running too hot or too cold (you will learn that in your apprenticeship) then just adjust 1-2 notches higher or lower.

thank you


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[NotaVegetarian]

Those 1/8 6013’s burn good strike easy on my Lincoln on DC. Slag comes off clean too. My Grandson was burning some for practice.

[NotaVegetarian]

Has a recommended setting List on the top of mine. Maybe this will help.