[TheForge] TIG opinions, please

[Woolley]

> I gotta disagree about the watercooled torch, too. I have often gotten
> an air cooled torch too hot to hold, even with gloves on.
> But maybe its also the amps- the other day, I had to weld for a couple of 
> hours- and my amp setting was 165. On thicker stuf, I am often running 
> between 175 and 200 amps. Which gets the torch hot quick.


I can't imagine welding steel at 165 to 200 amps for tig.  Fifty more amps 
and you will be arc-gouging.  Time to check your hardware.   The only thing 
I use a foot pedal for is to control amperage.  It's just not worth it to me 
to set it up to start my arc.  That would slow me down, not the opposite.

Best,
Bill Woolley