Last month I bought a 1967 Lincoln 180 amp tombstone welder on eBay for $40 and a short drive to pick it up. It has the best arc of any welder I've ever used (not too many) even though Lincoln tech support told me that none of that style of welder was ever made with copper windings in the transformer. It's the quietest welder I've ever used too, partly because, oops, no fan. I'll add one if I have to, but this thing has obviously seen heavy use the way it is.Here's the problem. There is about 50' of work cable coming out of the welder, but it's not nice. The electrode holder and the ground clamp are supplied by 2 cables (each) that appear to be about #1. These are out in the open for about 20'. Then, moving toward the welder, there is about 30' where all 4 are enclosed as a single cable in rubber sheathing that is in very bad condition---brittle and cracking. About 2" from the face of the welder the 4 #1 cables emerge from the rubber sheathing and 2 go into each hole into the welder. None of this makes much difference except that it looks terrible and it's awkward to move. I know how to put twist connectors on a single cable, but I don't think they come big enough to run two cables into one end. I could join each pair of #1 cables to a larger single cable and run that into the twist connector, but the connection of two cables to one cable would be a big, unsightly mess. What I don't know about is the types of connectors available to do a job like this with a neat, professional appearance. Or how to deal with the 30' of ugly, cracking sheathing. Thanks in advance for any ideas, Stan
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