Hi steve The torches are both air cooled .i did the two on the right first so the ones on the left would have been a little cleaner if the material was cooler. Il pressure check all the fittings and hose.theres only 4 fittings between the torch gas lens and the cylinder so should be easy enough.my g...

hi steve i checked the different voltages beteen mma and hf tig,there was a difference of 20 volts. so i set the scratch torch up inplace of the hf torch,and still had the same problem :x , now this rules out different voltages causing an issue.(i always seem to over complicate problems :ugeek: ) so...

Hi Steve

Yea the machine has an arc force control,I sure i had this set at zero. Il take some pics of the welds tomorrow and post them.
Would the arcforce(dig) make a huge differents?

Cheers jay

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hi guys iv seen a few post on stick pipe so thought id post some pics of some pipe welds i did a few years ago.some may have seen these before on other forums that im a member off. 5G 12" pipe to elbow ,tig root 2.4mm er70s6 4mm gap feather edge 130 amp, hot pas 2.5mm 7018 90-100 amp fill/cap 3...

thanks for the welcome mike this one is realy confusing me,i tried it on mild steel it welded clean no perosity,the mild steel was alot thicker though. iv tried the torch with the same regulator and hardware.iv not checked the flow rate out the cup !! im gona have to get a peashooter type flow meter...

hi guys iv been playing around with scratch tig torches over the last week in my spare time ,the problem im having is on stainless steel. the scratch torch is leaving the weld a little grey instead of the usual clean gold/silver finish . if i use the hf torch (wp26) with 2.4mm tungsten,gas lens with...