gengine
Platinum Member
Nice job!
A tale of two welders
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Deano
Veteran Member
Great decision!:thumbsup:
rcowan
Gold Member
The only way this could have been better would be if there was Duct Tape and WD 40 in the story!
RC
RC
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Iplayfarmer
Super Member
Sorry. Just electrical tape and CRC lube on a few moving parts on the old welder.
As a follow up to this story, I ended up selling the old AC welder for just over twice what I paid for it. I was happy with that, and the old guy that bought it was more than happy. He told me about how his son had bought him a nice new MIG welder, but that he was used to the old AC stick. I guess he welded many miles of rod in his life. He handled that welder like it was a dear old friend.
PILOON
Super Star Member
The way I spliced was to use short (like 2-3") of copper tubing that fitted the bared leads
and with plumbers torch, flux and solder I simply solder the splice.
A sleeve made from appropriate hose or other rubber tubing acts as insulated protection.
If available to you, heat shrink sleeves are best.
A cheap and effective splice!
and with plumbers torch, flux and solder I simply solder the splice.
A sleeve made from appropriate hose or other rubber tubing acts as insulated protection.
If available to you, heat shrink sleeves are best.
A cheap and effective splice!
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Iplayfarmer
Super Member
I have those, too. I'm looking for a steal on some tweeco connectors or something like that to make extensions for the leads I have now.