Recent content by hootowl46

Oops, I meant "Ralph," not "Sannazay."

Thank you, Sannazay, for your assessment. After posting my previous message and thinking more about that sticker, I agree with you that my machine is a 1979 vintage. What threw me off track initially were other messages I had seen that said Hobart had dropped "Manufacturing" from their name in...

Also wanting to date my K45 I've had a Hobart-made K45 for about three years and have always been curious to figure out just how old it is. I've always estimated it to be from the mid-70s, just based on the color (pale yellow, possibly "Harvest Gold") and condition, although after reading the...