[TheForge] welding cable connectors

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Ries;
I found the adaptors for dinse to tweco but no body seems to remember 
the old style Miller plugs. I thought about making a matching tapered 
drill and making my own,,,but i'm trying to learn to get over that sort 
of impulse. This change-over will get me down to just one electric 
welder...the other direction from yourself.
I'd like to thank you ( prematurely?) for directing me towards the 304 
and newer technology...us Luddites need a kick every now and then.  pf

ries wrote:
> Peter- all the welding cables in my shop are standard Tweco number 2's.
> On the 304, I bought little adapters- you plug em in the DIN plug on  
> the 304, and then plug tweco into them.
> This makes it simpler, but of course, my situation is more complicated  
> than yours- I have two tig welders, 4 migs of various sorts, and often  
> rent gas drive machines as well, so it makes sense for me to have a  
> completely compatible fleet of cable. Sometimes I need 100 feet each  
> of power and lead, or more, and I cobble together everything in the  
> shop.
> 
> Ries
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> On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 
> 
> Can anyone refer me to a cross reference chart for  welding cable plugs?
> 
> The used Miller 304 machine i bought on Ebay ( shipped today, finally)
> has Dinse 50 or international style sockets and my cables have old style
> Miller tapered plugs and sockets...so i'm planning to convert over. I
> picked up 6 male dinse plugs on Ebay reasonably, but the female ends are
> less than abundant...pretty expensive new....however;
> Different manufacturers make compatible plugs, but each one has their
> own names and numbers and cross references are hard to find..found a
> couple of partial ones. I see listings of inexpensive,possibly
> compatible females but don't really want to gamble.
> Unless one of you has a hankering to change  from dinse to old style
> Miller connectors? I'm gonna have a bunch of extras...maybe 8  
> sets...pete f
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