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Does anyone know if perhaps this works inside a MIG, or do the oils cause issues with the weld, or the machine? Welding wire rusted inside my machine last year due to humidity levels in the garage.

You could try to build up the Inner section with some tape or some silicon tube sliced in half or the right size o-ring to give it a tighter fit. You might need the tiniest bit of dish soap to get it on but once it dries it should be a pretty solid fit. I'm probably going to have to try something l...

If you’re talking about the corrugated sleeve spinning in your hand, then it’s a case of the fitment has lost its “grip”. After time and usage, this sleeve can become loose. You could try a bit of high temp tape at the top of the tube to the torch handle. That might get you by. Yes, that's exactly ...

tweake wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:30 pm get something better such as ck 17

I mean that would be fine, if it were my equipment, but this is the shop welder. I bought a CK worldwide for my own machine at home.

I learned to TIG in the early 2000's on the old transformer style machines at a vocational school. Once I left school, I can count on one hand the number of times I TIG welded up until about 2016 when I got my own machine. I've never encountered this issue before and up until last year, I never had ...

Might sound dumb, but watch out for moisture. I have been electrocuted and electrocuted an apprentice once, due to sweat. Watch where you're making contact with the grounded area/part and make sure it's dry.

I've not had to attempt to purge anything since school when I was doing a 6G certification test and I was never able to submit a test because it kept sugaring inside. They were attempting to duct tape a hose to my piece. :roll: I've always wondered how much gas loss should be expected when doing a p...

Guy at work keeps asking me to tig weld his cymbals. I keep telling him every single video or forum blurb I've seen about it says it's a terrible idea and he's better off cutting the cracks out of the edge, or drilling the cracks out of the center, but he keeps asking, so I finally told him I'd take...

That's really cool looking. You make it sound so casual how you get the colors, and maybe you just had a happy accident, but it does take some experience to get some positive looking flame coloring on copper. I know from experience. It's extremely easy to overheat it and just get a sickly brownish g...

Yeah, when I tell people I have trouble seeing, people usually assume it's a glasses thing. I had Lasik though and my eyes are great for focus, it's a lighting issue. The welding area in my shop has about half the lights out (ballasts, not bulbs), and the ones that are working are 15' in the air, wh...

Ok, so it was a bad hose on the torch, as suggested by the person above. (mrwhoopie) I had to get a CK Worldwide QDGAP Quick Connect 5/8" Adapter Plug, a CK Worldwide SL2-35 Gas Cooled Safe Loc 50mm Dinse, and went with the CK17-12-RSF RG Super Flex torch. The whole setup cost me about $200 and...

I have an AHP AlphaTIG 200SX. I had a similar problem and thought I was losing my mind. After going through all the usual stuff, I noticed a slight disturbance of the braid covering on the torch lead right where it exited the the fitting at the front of the welder. Turns out I had unknowingly bumpe...

So, I took the air nozzle and blew air up through the hose where it connects to the machine and it blew clear out the torch head. So now I get to take the machine apart I guess. What a hoot that should be.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Well, I took the whole head of the torch apart. I guess I need to take the torch itself apart. I will try blowing air up in there.

I have an AHP 2016 TIG welder. I don't know what people's opinions are of this unit. Whatever forum I was using back then, I remember people being very excited about these when they initially came out (2014 I think) because they were affordable, good quality, and the company seem to be listening to ...

I didn't realize how important tungsten sharpening was until I watched Jodi's video. I was never taught any of this at the vocational school where I learned to TIG 20+ years ago, where we'd just use a bench grinder. I'm pretty disappointed with the offerings for TIG sharpeners. The cheaper ones seem...

Welcome to the farm. Tell us what it is that are looking to get info on. There's still some of us that visit here with lots of info available. I've been watching a lot of videos trying to figure out the gas problem with my TIG. Should I just post the information here, or start a new topic in an app...

Hello, I've been watching Jodi's videos for well over a decade. I can't remember when I first started, but I'm glad he's done so well for himself, and I hope given his recent news he is able to keep in good health. I started welding around 2002 when I took some adult courses at a (then) local vocati...