Vintage Metropolitan Vickers Paradyne set !

[CRS51]

Hello all, this turned up at a friends recently, it’s a Metropolitan Vickers Paradyne welding set, dual output too.
Originally powered by a flathead Ford V8 but later swapped out for a Fordson 4 cylinder diesel.
Runs like a clock !
Cheers Chris.

 

[mtt.tr]

That's cool

 

[frank horton]

can just remember them....

 

[bourbon]

Nice.

 

[Barking Mat]

I've always fancied something like that, not that I need something like that.

 

[bourbon]

I've always fancied something like that, not that I need something like that.

When has 'not needing' something been an excuse?

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Oh that’s a bit of me, that is!

 

[CRS51]

We had the old Paradyne welding set going, all seems ok ! Very smooth to use too. It’s 200 amp continuous rating or 300 amp for 1/2 hour rating.
Cheers

 

[minimutly]

I'm not a welder, but do you want me to tell you what's wrong with that?

 

[pressbrake1]

I love the old evocative names, metropolitan vickers, British clearing (presses) matrix Churchill (supergun scandal) English electric and others from the heyday of mighty industrial companies

 

[CRS51]

I love the old evocative names, metropolitan vickers, British clearing (presses) matrix Churchill (supergun scandal) English electric and others from the heyday of mighty industrial companies

@pressbrake1 yes, great names, my favourite is Quasi - Arc
Cheers

 

[awemawson]

I love the old evocative names, metropolitan vickers, British clearing (presses) matrix Churchill (supergun scandal) English electric and others from the heyday of mighty industrial companies

Wasn't the Supergun business Shefield Forgemasters?

 

[minimutly]

I'm not a welder, but do you want me to tell you what's wrong with that?

It's all on the bottom of the fillet - you need to "hang" the rod on the side a bit more than the bottom - get it right and you get a nice concave weld.

 

[pressbrake1]

Wasn't the Supergun business Shefield Forgemasters?

Please see

 

[awemawson]

Yes but Forgemasters were involved - see this :

Supergun affair - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org