New old welder for Alloy

These old LKS welders were manufactured in Canada the company started back in 1939, knowing they used copper windings which is in my opinion superior over aluminum it was my preference to find and purchase one of these machines.

Five hours from home, $200.00 I now have one same as shown in the picture below.

Nice heavy duty looking welder!

Even old welders are still worth some $
I knew an old guy who used a navy surplus welder from WW2 !

An update on the LKS welder, does not work. After driving 5.5 hours with the welder sitting on the back of an ATV was not in the mood to test it out and took the guy at his word. About 200 miles of the roads traveled to reach Carrot River Sk were like un graveled skid roads that turn to instant gumbo when it rains and the sky was clouding over. I wanted to get the hell outta there before the rain came.

Two and a half hours later I'm back on pavement when the rain came in torrents and followed me all the way home, yea the welder did get a soaking so I dried it out with an infra red heater with the top removed before wiring it up to power. Flipped the switch and nobody home.

The cooling fan would not even come on, but then my first thought was maybe it's controlled by a thermostat and only comes on when its needed, nope its wired to the switch to come on immediately and stay running. First I pulled the fan motor as it was easier to get at than the power switch, the fan motor is 220 volts, hooked it up to some power leads and we have a fan that runs, so were still in the ball park to having this welder fixed with a new switch, maybe better yet I'll install one of my magnetic start switches

Or maybe just wire the welder direct to my breaker panel and use the breaker as a switch.

More bad news to be posted on the Satoh tractor engine swap.

Removed the power switch the contacts were covered in heavy grease, cleaned her up and will re-install it later tomorrow afternoon.

I think the old grease became rather stiff keeping the contacts from coming together to complete the circuit.

The primary coil must be have an insulation failure, the welder needs major surgery.