Jeez, I don't think I'd even plug that in! Maybe ought to be in a museum.
Probably is middle 30's or 40's
Anyway here in Italy in first 50 years of 1900 , they used to use rotary welders .
Unfortunately never had the honour to use one of these .
On the market sometimes someone come out selling one of these rotary welder ,the majority of them are Pellizzari .
The welder of this topic seems like a welder that a YouTuber bought and the plate says 1940 , I could have also an additional box connected to the main and to the welding leads , but I can't remember if is a converter or a booster
These machines generally are 100% duty cycle
You should try to restore the electrical and clean the housing and clear coat on it
So conserve the patina but also to stop the wear of the paint
Hope to read about in the future , because is a good machine I think , because is been made when they did the things good using good materialsThanks for your input. If I ever get the time I will give it a refurb.
Thank you for the interesting photos from the inside.
With all those louvres on the cabinet, and the age of the machine, I doubt if it originally had a fan. It would have simply been "air cooled".
Only later do we get the "turbo" designation for fan-cooled welders. I think the aluminium plate was added to support a computer-type fan, but apparently the fan itself has gone missing....
The transformer secondary seems to be two linked sections wound with copper strip. Rather than tappings, the power selection sockets are wired to resistors. That is quite crude, wastes power, and explains why it gets hot! I agree with jinjahbiscuit - it belongs in a museum.
It's official ,you have to restore itVery interesting reading your post. You’ve taught me a couple of things there eddie. Cheers!