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Okay, that makes sense. It does look like a welder, but I couldn't think of a way of getting 120V out of a welder.

First lesson for becoming an "self learned electrician":

"The stuff already works without that third pin connectoed"...

Ragnar,
The welder has an inbuilt generator in the unit that powers the Transformer to supply the Handpiece with current.
Personally, I'd lash a bit of PVC tape around that green flex to the rope beside it.
Can't have all that strain on them wires!.

You don't even need a pre-made extension cord.

You already have the cord. Cost of a realtively inexepensive heavy duty rubber grounded dead-front plug: $3.00 Mating socket $4.00.

Geeeez. I've actually seen people tap into 50-amp 250 volt receptacles in generators like that!!!

At one street fair a year ago I saw a cord stuck into a genny receptacle, with bamboo shish-kabob skewers to keep the wires from slipping out of the socket holes.

What's the going cost of a 50-Amp 250 volt plug these days?