<div dir="auto">Bob, yes they actually do have a "braided" cloth insulation sleeve over the braided copper wire originally.  I think the material is cotton.<div dir="auto">I would try using shoe laces. You may have to buy a few types to get what you want but I found a tubular type of lace which has an inner tube component on Amazon which is just about perfect for the job.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat., Nov. 11, 2023, 9:48 a.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
  
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    I don't think I've seen one covered in cloth.<br>
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        Does anyone know the specifications and/or source of the
        distributor low tension cloth covered black wire lead?
        Interested in the gauge and type of wire as original, because of
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        I do realize that there are a few sources for the leads, but I'd
        rather have a length to keep on hand to make my own. <br>
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