{"id":47,"date":"2007-06-22T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/2007\/06\/22\/mario-and-the-weldcraft-micro-tig-torch\/"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T17:54:44","slug":"mario-and-the-weldcraft-micro-tig-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2007\/06\/22\/mario-and-the-weldcraft-micro-tig-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario and the Weldcraft Micro TIG Torch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Lozano, aka Super Mario from TSR Fabrication stopped by last week.  We first met him last year when he called and wanted directions from Los Angeles&#8211;  90 miles away!  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/supermario.jpg\" title='' data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img src='\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/supermario.jpg' alt='Jim Watson shows Mario Lozano a WP-125 water cooled MicroTIG torch' width=300 align=\"right\" vspace=10 hspace=10 \/><\/a>Aside from owning his own fabrication shop, <a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/fansites\/monstergarage\/pass\/season3\/lozano.html\">Mario was on the Monster Garage TV show with Jesse James from West Coast Choppers.  He was selected because he\u2019s a TIG Welding expert specializing in turbo-charging cars, general fabrication and building racing Datsun 510s and the Monster Garage crew was building a drift car<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mario heard we had some cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=13\">TIG torches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=15\">tungsten grinders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=10_235\">state-of the art argon purging cups<\/a> and  he wanted to see for himself, and pick up some items.  That&#8217;s pretty cool when a guy drives by 10 to 20 &#8220;Welding Distributors&#8221; to get to Arc-Zone.  <\/p>\n<p>Mario represents the majority of our customers &#8212; he wants the good stuff and he wants to know how, and when to use it.  Does he need a $1200 liquid tungsten grinder for a one man shop?  Maybe not but he has one because it provides the best possible diamond ground tungsten finish&#8230;  and part of it is where he is located &#8212; in the heart of the SoCal automotive performance hot bed, South Bay LA.  All the sport import tuners stay in touch and are always checkin\u2019 out what&#8217;s new in each others shops.<\/p>\n<p>His recent visit was to solve an application problem he had.  He and his tuning sidekick &#8220;Turbo Kevin&#8221; asked if we had something to help them TIG weld aluminum turbo intercooler fin spacers, that were about .012&#8243; thick and also to get inside of a turbo inlet they were fabricating.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/images\/micropro-pen.jpg\" title='' data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img src='https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/images\/MicroProH.jpg' alt='WP-125 Micro TIG Torch' vspace=10 hspace=10 align='left' \/><\/a>You should have seen their eyes light up when we busted out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=13_18_39\">Weldcraft WP-125, water-cooled Micro TIG torch Pro package customized with a cable cover and front end parts &#8212; Ready-to-Weld<\/a>.  With that tiny water-cooled TIG torch you can TIG weld inside of a 5\/8&#8243; diameter tube!  That&#8217;s so cool when you can help someone to build something better and faster!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Lozano, aka Super Mario from TSR Fabrication stopped by last week. 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