Building Welding Leads For An Engine Drive Welder
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- Do you need help building welding leads? Austin shows what you need and how to do it!
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Question - Where can you find the cable to make your own welding leads?
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Time Codes
00:00 Introduction
00:39 What Kind Of Cable Do I Need For Welding Leads?
01:47 Everything You Need
02:49 Clipping & Stripping Your Cable
04:37 Attaching The LC-40 Connection
06:34 Attaching The Lugs
07:27 Soldering The Lugs
09:27 Adding Shrink Wrap
10:32 Expanding The Lug Hole
11:10 Lincoln Electric Ranger 330 MPX
12:47 Attaching The Lugs To The Welder
13:41 Testing Out The New Leads
16:13 What 50 Foot Of Leads Looks Like
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That's a great video on making leads- nicely done and explained. That Ranger is awesome! Great shop you have, too- not too big, looks like you have just enough room do whatever you need to do.
its Just enough to want alot more lol
Austin thanks for another great video. Don't forget to use the strain relief shackles they will protect your lug's from damage , also use a zip tie on each lead to shackle . I love my MPX330 !
thanks for the tip brother!
The machine looks killer
It’s a slick one
That’s very helpful! Thanks
I literally bought an engine drive and made leads last week. Picked up a 2006 ranger 305g for cheap. You did a great job keeping yourself composed with that brand new machine in your truck. Would love to see the Tig set up in a future video!
oh we will get to that!
On the connections of the female and male connectors, I would put Kopr-Kote on exposed wire before tightening down the nut. Helps a lot if you work around the ocean, the cable gets something I call “the forbidden toothpaste” which is Cooper Oxide, and eventually causes so much resistance they were burning up. The coat of copper grease would prolong the life of that connection, and help keep water out.
An expedient quick fix is to make 2 solutions .
1 is household vinegar with table salt dissolved in it .
The other is baking soda in water .
MAKE AURE YOUR LEADS ARE DISCONNECTED BEFORE YOU DO THIS .
Everybody knows it , but folks still get the shite shocked out of them every day because they were complacent , forgot , whatever .
Drop the corroded copper end in the vinegar solution and let it sit for a couple of minutes .
It should turn very bright and clean . If not , give it another soak .
When it is clean and bright , drop it in the baking soda solution for the same amount of time as it sat in the vinegar solution , to neutralize any trace acid and salt .
Let it dry , and , put on a new lug , along with marine grade heat shrink , which should seal the connection against further water and salt intrusion , unless the insulation on your leads is getting old and porous , has cuts and cracks , etc .
At that point , it's time to get new copper and take the old stuff to the scrap dealer .
Or you could simply cut the corroded end back a foot or so until you see clean copper , then put on the new lug and shrink boot .
Don't try to nurse along worn out old leads .
Insulated cables can and will corrode internally , where you cannot see it .
It's a common issue on vehicles , where they have the Unholy Trinity arise , which is replacing multiple battery's , starters , and , alternators all before thinking to check the 30 year old battery and ground cables that are completely corroded to hell and gone under the insulation .
They will still read 12+ volts when tested , until you apply a high current load that is .
This one can trip up even experienced mechanics .
great advice!
Nice job .
Thank you
Another way to make my day. Kool toy, hope it pays off.
The rig build is about to go crazy 🫣🙌🏻
haha you betcha
I have a lincoln portable that is over 35 years old on a trailer. I am going to rework it soon. I have the leads just laying in the back. I'm going to make a better setup with some places for the leads to hang. Would love to see your setup as you make it. Thanks for the videos.
Will be working out the skid soon, Stay tuned!
Now for a minor correction. They do make the female stud adapters to fit the 260/330 mpx welders. You can order them from your welding supply store. They generally don't carry them because most welders have exposed studs that are lower down on the machine.
You can clean that corrosion off the strands with acid, just neutralize it and rinse and dry after. Then crimp without solder using a proper crimper instead of that junk. That way you won't get a hot spot or a stiff spot.
The way you did it, you trapped a lot of trash in the connection. It will eventually fail. The solder might prolong it some, but don't count on it. The solder also increases the odds the cable will break strands at the joint. I wouldn't recommend your method.
I’m no pro so I’m glad you’re here.
You should try out the new Bluetooth leads! Super cool high tech.
Definitely I hear they are all the rage 😂
I’ve got twelve. They all just connect to each other
I wouldn’t use them. Generally I put my welder 100’ away from my start point. Then I just move towards it and go past it. That way I get just under 200 ft before I need to move it again. I’m moving like a race car. I’ve got well over a 2000 full pen welds. Never had a cut out. Had an inspector once say I was included. I said BS you’re on dope. He told me he would go up in the lift just to prove he wasn’t an A-hole. I said come on. I was going to air-arch it out but I decided to sunny wheel it just so I could spark him up. Haha. But after each pass with that wheel, I asked him if he saw anything. Every time he said, “no”. When I finally cut the root out. I was pissed enough to weld with my eyes. He knew it too. He never saw one thing in that weld that could possibly justify a rejection. I boomed down and told him t get the F out of my lift. That was a lot of wasted time and money. Inside of an hour he was kicked of the job site. I still got clowned by a bunch of other ironworker’s. But them brothers they all know.
Anyway that’s one of my stories. I’ve been welding since 1983. I love being an Ironworker. All you young guys out there who don’t mind a little bit of hand work and a lot of brotherhood, go be an Ironworker. Get up on that iron and get catty. The money is great. You get to boom out and see the country. I have and I’ve met so many rock solid guys out there. I wouldn’t change nothing.
Awesome machine. Looks to be an update to mine. My 330mpx has the knob under the display vs next to it. Also only has 4 buttons where yours looks to have 5. Did they take the enter button out of the knob?
ooo idk! i had no idea it changed
@Welddotcom got my 330 mpx a little over a year ago. Couple of guys I work with have 230 mpx that are identical to mine (barring some settings mine has that theirs doesn't) so I assume that you got a updated machine.😁😂
Just in time , I bought a engine drive a couple of weeks ago.
Great! congrats on the purchase!
I know that some people advise soldering crimped lugs. But that’s not a good idea. Solder has poor conductivity. It’s ok with low amperage loads, such circuit boards. But for high amperage, it’s not ok. The solder will work between the strands and raise the resistance of the connection between the wire and the lug. If you’ve crimped properly, that’s all you need. Soldering doesn’t make it better and could make it worse.
G Tech gloves. I'll second those. Been using them for years for work. Building industry along with hauling glass.
Best keep my hands soft 😂😂
my boy moving up in the world - make you a snowboard sled so you can take it down the mountain with you
haha thatll likely take me out haha
Hint wrap the cover on your lead with 3 to 4 layers of aluminum foil tight.
Why lol
Twangin' geetar
Austin, Bob Moffat should have taught you that you're supposed to LICK the rod to make sure it's what you think it is... Thanks for at least teaching us something else we can put into practice.
haha yes he did, i shoulda known better
If you get a better crimper you won’t have to solder the leads.
When crimped properly, the copper strands end up a solid piece of copper.
Good to know!
Indeed. Worse, when solder solidifies the end of stranded wire (via capillary action) it creates a stress point for the strands and greatly increases the chances of fatigue failure. This video was good when talking about where to obtain wire on the cheap, but that's where it went off the rails. He said he was taught to solder the crimped connection, and I believe him, because the mania to solder poorly crimped connections is prevalent, unfortunately. Better crimps, not solder, is the answer.
@@mwoliver thank you. I’ve finally found someone else that realizes the benefits of a proper crimp.
@SergioPena20 Agreed. I make my own battery cables. No solder. Good strong solid crimp.
Haha. How about an LN25 running 068-072. Let’s go weld up some structural steel. Lots of 3 and 4G’s plenty of moments. Yeah bb. Let’s build AMERICA!!!!!!
hell yeah brother
Have you ever melted that stuff? Loose connections. Bad juju.