![]() I grabbed the leads, dragged the thing over to the door (still plugged in and running), and threw the thing outside into the pouring rain.Īfter resetting my breaker, I called the unfortunate owner, explained my past 2 hours to him, told him Id replace it with a Hobart 110 (still, a hobby welder at best), I held out in front of myself about chest high, and twisted the last weld apart. I then placed the center of it on my thigh, one hand on either side, and pushed - two more beads popped loose. I got 1" of poor quality bead, hit the duty cycle, i could tell, because it wouldnt even feed correctly after that inch.ġ 1/2 hours later, what with letting this toy wanna be cool after every 1 inch worth of bead, I grabbed my work piece, tapped it on my table, and one bead let loose. I borrowed this **** wanna be welder from a buddy today, was in a bind and neaded 4 beads, each 2.5" long.Īfter working out the amps and speed (both ended up maxed out)adjusting the drive roller, I struck my arc on my 20 guage material. I've welded for over 20 years, using countless brands of varying quality, While doing so make sure the cable has a straight line through the clamp so it does not incur unnecessary wear later, plus it just looks professional.Why would anyone want to repair this thing. Now tighten down the terminal to the new clamp. Make sure the washer goes on top of the cable terminal. After crimping slip the shrink tube over the connector terminal body and shrink it and then repeat with the second piece. Crimped this connection the same way I did the internal one. With this external terminal part you could solder it but I did not want to subject the new cable to that kind of focused heat. Remember to do this before crimping the connector or your shrink tube will not fit over the final terminal ring assembly. Now slip two sections of shrink tube on the cable we will need this to complete the terminal install. You can see that I mock fit it before shrinking the tube. You could also use a piece of stiff hose here. I doubled my shrink tube up for added durability. Now before installing the new clamp add a layer of shrink tube to the cable where the clamp will rub at the handle. Took only a few seconds for it to come off. I used a wire wheel on a bench grinder while holding it with a pair of pliers and let the wire wheel at it until the plastic came off. Now lets get rid of that yellow plastic insulator on the other new terminal. Because mine was so long I took this time to trim it to the desired length. As a matter of fact they hamper performance. Now match the length of the new cable to the old. When crimping make sure your crimp is solid. ![]() I used my vise to crush the first part and then finished with a single strike with a small hammer using a wide dull chisel in the middle. ![]() Strip the wire back so that you have about 1/8" that sticks out of the front of the terminal when the cable is fully inserted. Meanwhile this was in my junk bin.įirst let's install the terminal lug on one end that will go in the welder. Buying this cable can be expensive not sure about the cost per foot but I am certain you can buy it from your local hardware store. The cable I selected was 0 gauge power wire from an old car amp install that I removed. ![]()
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