Have a press to get going before I can get a chance to try it again. Appreciate all the replies I did in fact find a leak at the regulator (*facepalm* shouldve caught that one....). Harris Regulator showing about 25cfh and then another gauge showing whats left in the argon container.

So I use a machine that was set up before I ever made it to this company and those settings have always done me well. I have a few aluminum molds to weld so I sat down yesterday and got started. I noticed that I was out of argon so we replaced it. I cleaned my metal (lazily using the torch and a tad...