Expandable Sleeving on TIG Torch cables

[Ram48]

Here are two links for the sleeve.
http://cableorganizer.com/wire-management/
http://www.everlastgenerators.com/fo...8299&noquote=1
http://www.techflex.com/

If you Google expandable sleeving you get a ton ore quite a product line that ranges from abrasion resistance to heat protection to 1800 deg.
Heck I even found it in Everlast Green.

[jakeru]

I got the expandable tubing from my local electronics supplier. They sell it by the foot and let me take home a few samples of different similar products, so I could test the fit and buy the one I liked best. (they were also surprisingly reasonable on price.) I just went with the standard 1/2" expandable product, which comes in different colors (and my wife talked me into getting yellow ) It expands a bit fitting over my cables, and in doing so, shrinks in length, so I am sure I got a longer piece of it than I had TIG torch line. Keep this in mind if you mail or internet order it.
http://shop.vetcosurplus.com/catalog...ducts_id=11417

They had some nice looking split mesh sleeving product that would be really easy to install over the cables and had decent flexibility, but in the 1/2" size it looked like it was going to split open and let the bundle out, while in 3/4" size it looked too bulky so it just wasn't available in a good size.

The expandable 3/4" size fit nicely over my TIG leads in a straight line, (and installed a little easier, didn't need as much expanding) but I found that to flex it the diameter would need to grow to provide the flexibility, which I think would be kind of annoying having a bulbous section of expandable sleeving at the end of the torch handle where it flexes the most. The 1/2" expandable product worked better for my bundle size, because the fibers would partly expand during installation and allow more flexiblility while staying tight to the bundle.

McMaster Carr also has a lot of different kinds of sleeving products
http://www.mcmaster.com/#sleeving/=bpc943

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Update:
I got the TIG Torch expandable sleeving fully installed and the torch switch is now fully operational. I used some high voltage rubber splicing tape to keep the ends from getting frayed. (Cutting the ends with a "hot knife" instead of scissors also helps to keep it together too.

I tested the new torch switch out to fill a large hole, about 1/2" in a square aluminum extrusion, 1"x1" by about .065" thick with a thin filler rod. It was an operation I knew I would need good torch manipulation and heat control to pull off. I just dialed in about 40 amps peak, and about 2 seconds of downslope, and varied the switch press vs release while in 2T mode to control the heat. Worked beautifully! Added layer upon layer of filler to close the hole completely, with ease. I don't think a footpedal would have let me do it much better.

It's great to have an operational torch switch again!

Oh by the way this torch switch was the original one off the WP-17 torch that came with my Everlast Super200P. But I do believe I've seen the same ones recently for sale on Ebay.