Where's "Sparky"

[Rocky D]

The famous Hobart logo "Sparky" is missing...who wants him back??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/RockyD/Welding%20Tricks/sparky.jpg

[wireburner]

I want em back to !:D

[Pumpkinhead]

missing????
he's still on my machine, altho he's a ghosted image that pops up when you reply to threads and such. BIG Sparky onna right side o' the screen.

in fact he's running an overhead bead at "feedback/help.

[vicegrip]

Like the Michelin Man . And the Sinclair Dino !

Infact I'm convinced that Dealers cary-ing Hobart products need a Neon Sparky over their store or in the front window.

So much that I had my son work up a couple of Neon concepts that would lend to production Neon sign-bending......

Around here welding supply stores are (?camoflauged? spelling?) by rows of other small shops in obscure little industrial parks.

VG

[chevyman_de]

The current logo reminds me of "Talk to the hand!" So I hope for Sparky's "I'll be back!":rolleyes:

[Joe H]

missing????
he's still on my machine, altho he's a ghosted image that pops up when you reply to threads and such. BIG Sparky onna right side o' the screen.

in fact he's running an overhead bead at "feedback/help.


yeah, I see him too. He pops up every time I click a thread, change pages, etc...

[Rocky D]

Ok, I see him, too, but I use FireFox for a browser, and he shows up behind some links on the lower right corner. Still, ghost or not, he should take his rightful place on the top of the screen!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/RockyD/My%20Shop%20at%20Home/hpim3828.jpg

CARY...THIS IS SPARKY!

[KennyG]

Rock, right on with the poll.

[chevyman_de]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/RockyD/My%20Shop%20at%20Home/hpim3828.jpg

CARY...THIS IS SPARKY!
That must be one of the rare images showing him stick welding, usually you see him with a mig gun!;)

[Rocky D]

This is actually a back patch, 8" x 8" used on the shop coats of Hobart techs of yesteryear...don't know the exact dates, tho.

[vicegrip]

I found one still in my Pc ....experimenting representing scale and tube-diameters ....for commercial production.
allas the rest are gone:(

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p92/swadge/sparky_v1.jpg

[Some Creep]

I get a black spot on the right corner next to 'feedback/help'. No Sparky logo!

Great, now my computer is broken!

[chevyman_de]

Great, now my computer is broken!
Can he weld it?:p
http://www.rc-car-online.de/sparky.gif

[Rocky D]

Nice logo, chevy...how did Sparky end up in Germany?? I was in Kirsch Göns for three years back in '60

[Zrexxer]

Sparky was a little depressed what with the re-org at the Hobart Forums and all, so Hank sent him some водка to help him through and he went on a bender... and not a Hossfeld bender, either! :eek:
http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24429&stc=1&d=1191533116

[vicegrip]

Sparky was a little depressed what with the re-org at the Hobart Forums and all, so Hank sent him some водка to help him through and he went on a bender... and not a Hossfeld bender, either! :eek:
http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24429&stc=1&d=1191533116

That's a great chuckle;):)


As for Ann Richards .....maybe that was a Quote , before doubled credit-card payments , Universal default & fuel and energy costs racing with groceries to get bigger than house-payments .:mad:

VG

[chevyman_de]

Nice logo, chevy...how did Sparky end up in Germany?? I was in Kirsch Göns for three years back in '60
That was easy, the b&w image is on the front page of every (?) Hobart manual. I downloaded one, made a screenshot of the logo in a decent size and added the Hobart orange where it belongs. Done. Btw, the logo on the manuals seems to be a vector graphic. Even at 6400% the lines are smooth.

Kirch-Göns didn't ring a bell to me, but Google saved the day by telling me that Kirch-Göns is a small part of Butzbach, an allready small town - even by German standards - near Frankfurt. Guess you were a soldier back in the sixties?

And you still know how to write an "ö" with a US layout keyboard!

[Rocky D]

That was easy, the b&w image is on the front page of every (?) Hobart manual. I downloaded one, made a screenshot of the logo in a decent size and added the Hobart orange where it belongs. Done. Btw, the logo on the manuals seems to be a vector graphic. Even at 6400% the lines are smooth.

Kirch-Göns didn't ring a bell to me, but Google saved the day by telling me that Kirch-Göns is a small part of Butzbach, an already small town - even by German standards - near Frankfurt. Guess you were a soldier back in the sixties?

And you still know how to write an "ö" with a US layout keyboard!

I was an Army weldor in an armored infantry outfit...I got there just a year or so after Elvis left Butzbach...I ran into some folks who knew him then. The most beautiful country I have ever seen, even from a deuce-and-a-half.
ö=alt 148 :)

[chevyman_de]

Considering the creature comfort provided by that truck you highly appreciated the fact that Germany is a country of short distances, right?
At least compared to the U.S. ... ;)

[storts]

Like the Michelin Man . And the Sinclair Dino !

Infact I'm convinced that Dealers cary-ing Hobart products need a Neon Sparky over their store or in the front window.

So much that I had my son work up a couple of Neon concepts that would lend to production Neon sign-bending......

Around here welding supply stores are (?camoflauged? spelling?) by rows of other small shops in obscure little industrial parks.

VG

The Sinclair Dino from the 64 worlds fair,,Opppps,Getting old:eek::eek::eek::D:D

[migwelder05]

what do you mean weres sparky he right at the bottom of the page

[tigamajig79]

sparky is at the bottom (for those with fast connection)if you have slow motion modem -your comp may not waste a channel on logos or other repetitive "trash
.................................................C hris Mathieu:)

[tigamajig79]

sparky is at the bottom (for those with fast connection)if you have slow motion modem -your comp may not waste a channel on logos or other repetitive "trash"...............................Chris Mathieu:)

[tigamajig79]

only to pick my computer's nose !:D

[Rocky D]

what do you mean weres sparky he right at the bottom of the page
This is a 2 months old thread, dude...when it was started, Sparky was taken from the top of the page, and replaced by the glove, then at the bottom, he wasn't visible in all browsers, but they fixed that.

[migwelder05]

ohh sorry. that just shows how long its been seen ive been on last.:o

[Garfield]

Sparky was a little depressed what with the re-org at the Hobart Forums and all, so Hank sent him some водка to help him through and he went on a bender... and not a Hossfeld bender, either! :eek:
http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=24429&stc=1&d=1191533116

I thought this would be more up his alley
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/ab/250px-Sparks_cans.jpg

Like Him self, it is now made by Miller too:)