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jimmy · Crofter Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 23 Location: Ohio

I have a quick question for everyone here. Does anyone know anything about old Forney welders? A neighbor was clearing out his shop and stumbled across an old Forney welder that looks like it was made in the late '50's to early 60's and he's offered to give it to me. It has a model number of C-5 on the front. It appears to be a 220v 180 amp stick welder. There are numerous inputs on the front for the different amp settings. Does anyone know where I can get some info on this? I don't want to screw him over if its worth somethin cause of its age. Thanks guys!

72uoba · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject:

Have you tried the Forney website? Had a quick look and it seems that they have old manuals available to download. I don't know if there's a huge collectors' market for second hand welders no matter how rare - I could be wrong though Wink

I say just take him up on his offer, get to know the machine and see if it's something that will be of use to you and forget about any possible monetary value. Good luck Smile

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jimmy · Crofter Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 23 Location: Ohio

Thanks guys! I'm gonna get it cleaned up, blow out the old cobwebs with compressed air, maybe replace the ground lead before firing her up on the weekend. See how she compares to my other machines Wink

Freddie · Farmhand Joined: 10 Aug 2009 Posts: 6

Never heard of a Forney welder. Good luck Jimmy Smile

ScrappyWelder · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 174 Location: London

I don't know much about forney but I second the advice. Good idea, as you said, to check all the leads but then just give it a blast. You'll soon find out if it was a well-made machine, which might go on for a few more years.
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