I had a little time fiddling with it today,did not have garage clothing on today and spending christmas so was not going to pull anything apart but a quick leak finding. 1.I pushed the electrode all the way back in and then i put a rubber glove finger onto the cup,had to stretch it onto so should be...

Thank you for all your replies. Trying with a torch with a separate valve is a good idea,dont have one but could try.I have used double back caps on the torches to plug the torch end when searching for leaks. I have a chinese air cooled 4mlong 9, a chinese 8m water cooled 9 as well as original ewm 4...

Hello.New member here.Been following Jodys videos for several years and learned welding mostly from them.I dont primaririly work as a welder but I do weld with tig from time to time at work and have become quite good at it. I bought a ewm tetrix ac/dc tig machine for my own use a couple of years ago...