More amps and a tighter arc.
Dragging the slag back on each whip.

Aaron W wrote: I tend to overbuild things and I have angled brackets (the technical term escapes me at the moment) supporting the shelves at each upright.

Gusset.

Thanks mate. You gave me the confidence to connect it and try. Ended up running my gas through the old welder so the trigger still works and then my new arc welder connected to it. Now i have a scratch start tig with button gas. Only problem is both machines need to run but i can gut the inside of m...

Im confused here i think.

Perhaps its the gas feed that completes the main connection and this 2 pin connector is only for the tig button?
In which case i cant see this torch setup working with a scratch start until i get a new torch with the dins.

I killed my tig machine a few days ago so wanted to convert my little arc welder into a scratch start unit. My arc welder has the standard Dinse type connectors. My tig torch has a screw connector with 2 pins similar to below image. https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1GOI7MVXXXXcZaXXXq6xXFXXXd/2pcs-2-pin...

Its a little hard to justify shipping unfortunately, however i may just bite the bullet. I trust Jodies products no question. He is a legend and i expect he would never put his name to something apart from quality. https://www.boc.com.au/wcsstore/AU_BOC_CatalogueAS/images/product/en_AU/large/b45v25....

Thankyou for your help guys. I decided to do a couple of tests last night. First i simply blew air through my normal setup then the gas lens. Gas lens felt very restricted compared to the standard setup i had. So i decided to cut one open and see whats up with them. Rough cutting has made it a littl...

tweake wrote:what tig torch do you have ?

I am running an air cooled #17 No pedal, just the switch.

Hey all. I purchased a "cheap" online gas lens kit as below. http://oi66.tinypic.com/28thund.jpg Seems like an ok unit? Well every time i try weld with it i get horrible welds. Green flame, sparks and a wandering arc. Here is an example. Please dont hate me for i can not weld worth a shit!...

Name is Andrew but go by DAMINK. Been a long time subscriber to weldingtipsandtricks on youtube. Jodie inspired me to buy a tig machine about 6 months ago and i have not looked back since. Prior to that i was using only stick. Absolutely love playing with the tig machine. Pretty much every day i tig...