theladdie
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2014
- Location
- Portland, OR
Howdy. My father passed away recently and left two storage units with assorted welding equipment in Idaho. He had a welding shop in the LA area in the 60s-80s, but moved some of it to Moscow, Idaho (by traincar, I think) when he closed the shop down. It's been there ever since.
I'm not a welder or machinist, and my father was a very private, quiet man, so I don't know a lot about the equipment. I'm looking to clear the units out, but I'd like the machinery to go to good homes, if it's useful nowadays.
You can see a gallery here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/107273213@N02/
There is one piece of particular interest. I saw there was a thread in this forum about it previously, but it didn't have a lot of information. It's a GE Atomic Hydrogen welder, as seen in this video:
The Inside of Atomic Hydrogen Arc Welding, Part 1 - 1943 - YouTube
I think I have all the equipment that goes with the Atomic Hydrogen welder. I'm not sure about documentation, but I think there's a little. I'm not sure how rare it is. As with all his equipment, I'm not sure it currently works. I considered seeing if it were rare enough to be of interest to a museum, but it looks like GE let its museum shut down.
Basically, I'm looking for advice about what to do with all this stuff. Are there trade schools that could use it? Is it worth anything (I wouldn't mind making back a little of the unit rent)? Is there someone or some organization out there that might be interested in restoring the GE Atomic Hydrogen welder?
Any insight is appreciated.
The pictures are probably worth more than the words, but here's a list of the equipment I could identify:
General Electric Atomic Hydrogen Transformer and Equip
Lincoln Lincwelder 225, DC Arc Welder
industrial pedestal grinder, CI heavy duty. 3450 RPM ½ hp
Industrial Bench Grinder, 3450 RPM, Craftsman ½ HP design:C2372; model:397.19590
kalamazoo metal cutting bandsaw
Ammco Honing Machine
metal lathe, Craftsman 12 inch late-model
Welsh Vacuum pump
Lincoln Idealarc R3S Arc Welder, 435 amp
Westinghouse West-Ing-Arc Type SA Welding Control and Wire Drive, 200 amp
P&H Welding Positioner
Lincoln Electric LN-7 Squirt Welder
Knight Tube Tester
Heath ultragraph pattern cutter (template-controlled flame cutting machine)
I'm not a welder or machinist, and my father was a very private, quiet man, so I don't know a lot about the equipment. I'm looking to clear the units out, but I'd like the machinery to go to good homes, if it's useful nowadays.
You can see a gallery here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/107273213@N02/
There is one piece of particular interest. I saw there was a thread in this forum about it previously, but it didn't have a lot of information. It's a GE Atomic Hydrogen welder, as seen in this video:
The Inside of Atomic Hydrogen Arc Welding, Part 1 - 1943 - YouTube
I think I have all the equipment that goes with the Atomic Hydrogen welder. I'm not sure about documentation, but I think there's a little. I'm not sure how rare it is. As with all his equipment, I'm not sure it currently works. I considered seeing if it were rare enough to be of interest to a museum, but it looks like GE let its museum shut down.
Basically, I'm looking for advice about what to do with all this stuff. Are there trade schools that could use it? Is it worth anything (I wouldn't mind making back a little of the unit rent)? Is there someone or some organization out there that might be interested in restoring the GE Atomic Hydrogen welder?
Any insight is appreciated.
The pictures are probably worth more than the words, but here's a list of the equipment I could identify:
General Electric Atomic Hydrogen Transformer and Equip
Lincoln Lincwelder 225, DC Arc Welder
industrial pedestal grinder, CI heavy duty. 3450 RPM ½ hp
Industrial Bench Grinder, 3450 RPM, Craftsman ½ HP design:C2372; model:397.19590
kalamazoo metal cutting bandsaw
Ammco Honing Machine
metal lathe, Craftsman 12 inch late-model
Welsh Vacuum pump
Lincoln Idealarc R3S Arc Welder, 435 amp
Westinghouse West-Ing-Arc Type SA Welding Control and Wire Drive, 200 amp
P&H Welding Positioner
Lincoln Electric LN-7 Squirt Welder
Knight Tube Tester
Heath ultragraph pattern cutter (template-controlled flame cutting machine)