ok looked at everything and must have missed it the first time but the collet tip end does look almost drooped on one side not flat and straight so ordered some new ones needed some new glass furic 8 cups anyways so waiting on those and then ill retest and see if that makes any difference ill keep y...

ok so i agreed with the gas being the the missing link so took it back they swapped me a new one took it back home and same issue then i thought of this this project I'm doing iv never had to weld this hot before on this welder and i noticed my torch getting really hot and even smoked a couple times...

hey y'all been doing a aluminum job been going perfect like normal stacking clean dimes changed argon bottles and now its got horrible peppering in my welds full of junk nothing i do will clean it up tungsten won't hold sharp like it was i can't figure it out its good gas reputable gas company am i ...