jdleach
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2009
- Location
- Columbus, IN USA
After weeks and weeks of bad weather, illness, and just plain sloth, I finally made it to the Shop yesterday. At the request of one of our forum members, kielbasavw, I took a few photos of my ancient DoAll Model AB file saw and its associated welder. Shop was rather dark inside, and the camera is a real POS, so please forgive the rotten quality of the images.
As can be seen, the saw is pretty much unlike any subsequent models Continental has made over the years. There are only two speeds, off and glacial. The welder likewise is pretty primitive. Just the band clamps on either side of the weld lever and the amperage control. There is some type of clamp off to one side. What its purpose is, I do not know.
Would one day love to either have the transformer rewound, or find an electrically similar one to replace it. I have never used the welder, as the transformer "let the smoke out" just before I started working there some 40 years ago. Dad looked into getting it rewound at some point, but never had it done after finding out the cost. He always said the brazed joint was superior to any welded one he had ever seen.
As can be seen, the saw is pretty much unlike any subsequent models Continental has made over the years. There are only two speeds, off and glacial. The welder likewise is pretty primitive. Just the band clamps on either side of the weld lever and the amperage control. There is some type of clamp off to one side. What its purpose is, I do not know.
Would one day love to either have the transformer rewound, or find an electrically similar one to replace it. I have never used the welder, as the transformer "let the smoke out" just before I started working there some 40 years ago. Dad looked into getting it rewound at some point, but never had it done after finding out the cost. He always said the brazed joint was superior to any welded one he had ever seen.