Oxford welders

[onesiedale]

I have 2 of these sat at the back of the shed collecting dust.
Do they have any value? Is there an Oxford Welder Fan club out there? Or are they just classic workshop kit that doesn't have much use for modern times?

 

[rick_vandal]

JCB put their first welder on display in their foyer. Seriously heavy compared to a modern inverter.

 

[Larel]

180 Bantam with battery charger here. Always threatening to go modern but never have yet.

 

[forblue]

Nice old welder's had one myself year's ago would have thought someone would have them........

 

[TripleSix]

I think the old oil filled Oxfords were made by Pickhill engineering near Thirsk?

Nearly every farm locally has a Pickhill welder lurking in the corner.

 

[rick_vandal]

Pull and twist Amp selector, bullet-proof even armour-piercing bullet-proof. Now, a satchel welder does smooth stick.

 

[spark plug]

I keep one under the bench for just in case, they don’t have much value, usually fetch £50-£80.

 

[David.]

I think the old oil filled Oxfords were made by Pickhill engineering near Thirsk?

Nearly every farm locally has a Pickhill welder lurking in the corner.

They used to look about identical, one green, one blue.

 

[olfarmergiles]

They used to look about identical, one green, one blue.

They used to look about identical, one green, one blue.

My late father worked for the Rural Industries Bureau as a welding instructor in the early 50s and a firm called Cytringan who handled or manufactured these welders (blue ones) gave him one to lend to blacksmiths (remember them?) . On retiring in the 60s a colleague passed his one over to him. I now have two in the back of the workshop. I don't keep them together in case they breed!

 

[TripleSix]

My late father worked for the Rural Industries Bureau as a welding instructor in the early 50s and a firm called Cytringan who handled or manufactured these welders (blue ones) gave him one to lend to blacksmiths (remember them?) . On retiring in the 60s a colleague passed his one over to him. I now have two in the back of the workshop. I don't keep them together in case they breed!

I used to have a Cytringan welder.
Sold it to a gamekeeper up the road who still has it ..

 

[tomlad]

Our old un did weld and charge i believe, dad blew a battery up back in the day and was to scared to touch it again.
I used it , ub on install trip fuses it wouldn't run , just trip . Got a wound one , triangle i think ?? Done what i wanted , given choice reach for mig . Had to use stick other year on a job , made a lad of me for a bit till i got back to it ??

 

[tomlad]

Ive used s modern , given choice id go that way i think , inverter ??

 

[Hesston4860s]

I think the old oil filled Oxfords were made by Pickhill engineering near Thirsk?

Nearly every farm locally has a Pickhill welder lurking in the corner.

Mines a Pickhill Bantam, sits in the garage unused for years. Now I have a generator at the yard I’ll get it down there at some point, always useful to have stick aswell as mig IMO.

 

[rick_vandal]

You won't find a heavy plumber using MIG, too porous, bit like painting. Arc has penetration when you push the stick into the root between the 2 parent metals. MIG is good for dolls house stuff with a copper backing. TIG is like gas, all arty-farty.

 

[michael N123]

Still use ours in the workshop but anything else round the farm gets welded up with the inverter welder I can easily carry

 

[seedman stains]

Like a lot of things were good in their day ,can still be used but things have moved on bit, like comparing old and a modern tractors,

 

[Exfarmer]

You will find it hard to get a better more reliable welder which will maintain full output all day.
just needs changing the oil occasionally, depending on usage.
it will weld all sorts of crap with the right stick and never worry about the wind blowing a gale.
They were made by Cytringan of Rothwell Northants in buildings which were built when Henry the 8th. was on the throne, and had not been updated since!
They have a well earned place in the back of any farm workshop, even if the mainstay is a lightweight bit of kit which will be lucky to serve 5 years. Many of those Oxfords are well over 50 years old and still going strong!

 

[tezb]

We had a Cytringan 180 in the mid 70's bought new from Blake & Beeley in Mansfield, great welder and layed a good weld, silver in colour £100 if I remember.

 

[Lazy Sod]

My old 1963 Pickhill doesn't weld like to, it struggles with a 4mm rod. Would changing the oil help?

 

[rick_vandal]

My old 1963 Pickhill doesn't weld like to, it struggles with a 4mm rod. Would changing the oil help?

It would be interesting to get 'an assistant' to put a voltmeter on your input supply when you are giving it some stick! On the quiet, we have suffered a legal voltage reduction from 240 to 220 but burning a 4mm rod could cause more voltage drops.