Don Foreman wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:06:15 -0400, JohnM wrote:



That should be a pretty good machine, but he's asking a lot of money for
it. If the HF is the old fashioned sort, a cleaning of the spark gap or
replacement of the transformer should be all that's required, I think
any ordinary furnace lighting transformer would work fine.


This is not a good idea!

I haven't replaces a HF transformer with one from a furnace, but I've
opened up a few old welders to blow them out and the transformer looked
for all the world like the furnace ignitor type. I think I remember two
Hobarts that had those transformers.. If there's a fundamental
difference between the two I'd certainly be interested in knowing it,
the more I know the better off I am.. I think...

John