On Jan 11, 3:55*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:35:46 -0800, Gunner





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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:24:29 -0600, wrote:

I just bought a used welder which is larger than my old one. *The
seller only sold the welder, not his cables. *The cables on my old
welder are fine, and are supposedly made for all welders. *At least
that is what I thought. *For some reason the plug on the Ground Cable
on this new welder is thicker than the Hot one, so the standard cable
plugs fall right out. *Yesterday I stopped at our local farm supply
store. *They carry a good selection of welding items, and they did
have the thicker plug. *I was just going to change it, when I
discovered that I can not figure out how to remove the old plug. *I
dont want to break it, because I may want to use my old welder in the
future again. *

The cable end has a molded kind of material that is shaped like a
piece of plastic pipe about 3/4" thick and 3" long. *There is no set
screw in it, no hole in the side of it, and it does not seem to be
screwed on. *Tapping on it does not seem to slide it back. *How the
heck do these things come off? *I'm guessing there's a set screw under
that molded "pipe" insulator, to take the wire out of the brass plug,
but first I need to get that insulator off and I have no clue how.

Anyone have any idea????

Thanks

Post a couple pictures in the Dropbox

Gunner

Thanks for all the help.
It's too late for pictures. *I pried and pounded and beat on the thing
for close to two hours, until it was so far destroyed that I just took
my angle grinder and cut the insulator shell off. *I had figured I
could use a piece of auto heater hose. *But when I got this insulator
off, I found the brass part was soldered on to the cable. *At this
point I just cut it off and threw it in the trash. *I'd never be able
to switch it on the cable to use the other welder. *I'll just buy
another screw on one to fit that welder, or maybe just make another
cable entirely. *If I had known it would be such a hassle, I might
have just made another cable completely and not ruined that plug. *I
could use a longer cable anyhow, so I will likely buy more wire and
make the longer one for the new welder and put the smaller end on for
the older one. *I tend to think someone glued the insulator onto the
knurled brass piece because I just would not come off no matter how
much I beat on it.

I like the new screw on one much better. *One large 1/4" hex screw
against the wire, and a small screw to hold on the insulator. *One
minute to install, and it was done...... For a $7 plug, that was just
too much trouble, not to mention jabbing my hand with a screwdriver,
and bleeding all over the place. *Live and learn, and I learned this
one the hard way....

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Your old welder wouldn't happen to be a Century or Sears would it?

Years ago I had one that had just the connector that you described.

TMT