very old broken mac ws1110 mig machine

[thejesse]

does anyone have any info on this little 1990's era italian beauty?

i dont see any "gas" setup at all... I dont think there is a pot for the wire motor... and the contactor isn't bolted to anything, and the thermal relay (same as those commonly found in a household dryer door) is not installed...
also, there is a missing part of a small circuit board, looks like it used to be the pot for the wire feed motor...any ideas of whether or not I can use my old headlight switch pot to replace this?

oh... and i bought some wire at a local auto parts store... it is hecho en mexique... and it doesnt say if it is flux or not flux... how can i tell?
I dont wanna use any gas, if this old mig ever used gas any of those parts are long gone...anything i can't weld up with flux wire i'll outsource to a pro...
i just want to stick two pieces of metal together!!!! i don't care what kind, how it looks, whether it is right, or wrong, or whatever I just want them stuck together by my own little ancient welder...
thanks ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rtbcomp]

Welcome to the forum.

I've moved this to the "Welding Machines" section.

 

[pedrobedro]

If this man can weld using his home made machine I'm sure you can make something of it.

 

[Lawnmowerboy]

i bet he has all his family crouded around him with no eye protection atal!!

 

[Ducati]

If this man can weld using his home made machine I'm sure you can make something of it.

Ohhhh that brings back memories of my first stick welder as a teenager, 50 odd years ago , it was powered from a car battery and had a vibrating solenoid to maintain a reasonable arc supplied with a little hand held mask about the size of an envelope !

Can't remember for the world what it was called though

Now what was it I came upstairs for ?

 

[Wedg1e]

The 1990's? Old?! You're having a laugh. Most people on here use equipment that is 1980s or earlier and even the 70's kit isn't old. Pre-WW2, I would give you as old.