Hobart Bro. Gas driven welder
 

A buddy of mine has offered to swap/trade an old Hobart Brothers
trailer mounted gas welder to me. The thing was alleged to have come
off a Liberty Ship in WW2.

Supposedly it runs well, needs some tuneup, gaskets and so forth.
After all..it is about 60 yrs old G

Anyone know of such a critter?

Gunner

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken

Gunner wrote:
A buddy of mine has offered to swap/trade an old Hobart Brothers
trailer mounted gas welder to me. The thing was alleged to have come
off a Liberty Ship in WW2.

Supposedly it runs well, needs some tuneup, gaskets and so forth.
After all..it is about 60 yrs old G

Anyone know of such a critter?

Gunner

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken

Hey, Gunner, how goes it? I always viewed the Hobart machines as mighty
desireable, they always seemed to suit me (although the SAE Lincoln is a
fantastic machine, and one of my favorites).

If the price it right I'd say it is worth grabbing. What model is it? I
really like the old machines, big ol' low rpm things that last a long time..

John

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:49:00 -0500, JohnM wrote:

Gunner wrote:
A buddy of mine has offered to swap/trade an old Hobart Brothers
trailer mounted gas welder to me. The thing was alleged to have come
off a Liberty Ship in WW2.

Supposedly it runs well, needs some tuneup, gaskets and so forth.
After all..it is about 60 yrs old G

Anyone know of such a critter?

Gunner

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken

Hey, Gunner, how goes it? I always viewed the Hobart machines as mighty
desireable, they always seemed to suit me (although the SAE Lincoln is a
fantastic machine, and one of my favorites).

If the price it right I'd say it is worth grabbing. What model is it? I
really like the old machines, big ol' low rpm things that last a long time..

John

Welcome back John. Ive no idea of the model. Ill have some pictures
in the next few weeks. I was over there yesterday, but wasnt feeling
really great and forgot to take pics.

He is going up to Idaho for a couple weeks, so I probably wont get to
the welder until he gets back.

Gunner

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken