{"id":95,"date":"2008-02-20T15:20:44","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/"},"modified":"2016-08-01T13:18:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:18:54","slug":"tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a call from Brad in North Carolina who was in a jam and needed a torch body right away. \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for it for two weeks from our local supplier and now the job is way behind schedule,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"WeldcraftA lot of local suppliers carry only the basics and not a full range of TIG torches<\/a>. After all, they make most of their money selling gas.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a fabricator needs something special like a Weldcraft\u00ae WP-18SP<\/a>— a water-cooled TIG torch with a 180 degree head to reach a tight spot, the torch Brad was looking for.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on your budget you may just want to purchase a torch body,\u201d I said. I recommended he just buy the torch body and add it to his existing Weldcraft\u00ae WP-18-25-R.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do that?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

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I told him that connecting a torch to a cable set is fairly easy and very cost effective.<\/p>\n

\"WP-20<\/a>Another option, if you have a WP-20-25-R TIG torch (the most popular TIG torch on the planet)<\/a> and you have a restricted space application, you could buy the 180 Amp water cooled front loading torch (WP-24W)<\/a> which will connect right up to your WP-20 cable set.<\/p>\n

Most fabricators prefer to have at least three TIG torches in their quiver: a primary TIG torch, at least one specialty torch like a micro-TIG torch (WP-125) for restricted space applications, and one general purpose torch like a WP-9 as a back-up.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to have the right tool for the job at hand and why wait around when you can get what you need now from Arc-Zone.com? Our business is based on providing the tools so metal fabricators can get on with the business of welding. We stock a wide variety of Weldcraft\u00ae TIG Torches and TIG Torch accessories, including specialty TIG torches like the air cooled WP-50 micro-TIG<\/a> or the low profile water-cooled WP-24W<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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