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Hi Everyone,
I know this may not be the right thread, but it's welding and it's free,.
I have an oil filled Aluminum coil welder that worked when I last used it. It has the electrode holder but no earth clamp . I am in Melbourne, Bentleigh Area and I am sure someone will find a use for it, all specs are visible on the pics
Drop me a private message of you are interested and I will supply my contact details.
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Regards
Alan
It looks like it will be a great starter machine for someone.
Its a tapped transformer so there's no adjustment has what ever tapping you choose.
It will be heavy as, but almost impossible to bugger up. Nice to see a well put together machine.Its one of those-"they don't make em like that any more"
Betcha it won't last long.
Thanks for showing us.
Grahame
I was looking at this earlier and thought I would come back and potentially make a fool of myself…What is an oil filled Aluminum coil welder? how does it vary from any other form of welder?? I always wished I had learn't to weld but only ever played once with an arc welder.
The aluminium bit is not highly significant - it's cheaper than copper but does not conduct as well. The oil filled bit is for heat conduction. A transformer coil sitting in air will get hot and have to cool down. On smaller welders this is illustrated by the duty cycle - 25% duty cycle at XX amps means you can only weld for 2.5 minutes every 10minutes. The oil would help conduct heat away from the coil, transferring it to the skin of the case. How much better that would be I don't know but I would expect an improvement in duty cycle.
My only concern with this welder is that if it is old and has "transformer oil" in it, it may contain PCB's.
Michael
I have used an oil filled unit that I believe was an Aston DC and was as big as a small wheelie bin. It was very heavy to move about, but was a very nice welder to use. I recall it was taken out of service as it was suspect to containing PCB,s in the oil
This welder appears to be an Ac unit.And at 25KGs not as heavy and voluminous as I first thought, possibly around the volume and weight of a 20 litre oil drum
Aluminium coils would make it lighter. The old CIG Transarc AC machines had them but wasn't much of a welder,then again there were not a lot of home welders around at that time..
The PCBs in the oil ( if any ) make for a whole different can of worms. http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Pu...WRG643%201.pdf
That one needs checking out very thoroughly. The name plate info indicates it is made in South Africa but no manufacturing date is provided.That makes it that very much harder to do the detective thing and pin down the oil as PCB or non PCB as the Anti PCB legislation began happening in the 70,s according to the doc above. If the unit is that old it likely that it could contain PCB's and that may present some expensive problems in the disposal of the oil -again see the document.
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I just completed a Google search on Eezi- Strike and it came back with a lot of entries and same address so it appears it is fairly current and may well be PCB free given SA safety laws are similar to ours.
Grahame
I had a break in in late 80's and lost my workshop, this was supplied as a replacement and was new at the time. I have no idea what oil has been used.
If not taken It will just sit on my shelf till I eventually get a nice company to dispose of it for me. Seems a waste tho as it was working well.