{"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":"<p>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<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/weldcraft-wp-18-torch.jpg\" alt=\"Weldcraft WP-18 TIG Torch\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/>A lot of local suppliers carry only the basics and not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=13\">a full range of TIG torches<\/a>. After all, they make most of their money selling gas.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a fabricator needs something special like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13_18_44_367&amp;products_id=273\">Weldcraft\u00ae WP-18SP<\/a>&#8212; a water-cooled TIG torch with a 180 degree head to reach a tight spot, the torch Brad was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>\u201cYou can do that?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I told him that connecting a torch to a cable set is fairly easy and very cost effective.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/wp20.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/wp20.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"WP-20 TIG Torch\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>Another option, if you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=13_18_25_30&amp;products_id=6\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=13_18_184\">180 Amp water cooled front loading torch (WP-24W)<\/a> which will connect right up to your WP-20 cable set.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=13_20_40\">air cooled WP-50 micro-TIG<\/a> or the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=13_18_184\"> low profile water-cooled WP-24W<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a call from Brad in North Carolina who was in a jam and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arc-zonecom","category-tig-welding","category-welding-tips","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Welder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joe Welder\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11eef7e30a3295231fc0ea473ff9505\"},\"headline\":\"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-02-20T23:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-01T20:18:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":331,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/default-featured-image.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arc-Zone.com\",\"TIG Welding\",\"Welding Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/\",\"name\":\"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/default-featured-image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-02-20T23:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-01T20:18:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog -\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2008\\\/02\\\/20\\\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/default-featured-image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/default-featured-image.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Default Featured Image\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/\",\"name\":\"Joe Welder\u2122 Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Arc-Zone.com, Inc.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/Circle-A-Logo2021_PANTONE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/Circle-A-Logo2021_PANTONE.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":977,\"caption\":\"Arc-Zone.com, Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ArcZone\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/arczone\",\"http:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/arc_zone\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/arczone\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/ArcZoneVideos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11eef7e30a3295231fc0ea473ff9505\",\"name\":\"Joe Welder\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arc-zone.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/author\\\/editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog","description":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joe Welder","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/"},"author":{"name":"Joe Welder","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#\/schema\/person\/d11eef7e30a3295231fc0ea473ff9505"},"headline":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot","datePublished":"2008-02-20T23:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-01T20:18:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/"},"wordCount":331,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/default-featured-image.png","articleSection":["Arc-Zone.com","TIG Welding","Welding Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/","name":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/default-featured-image.png","datePublished":"2008-02-20T23:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-01T20:18:54+00:00","description":"TIG Welding in a Tight Spot - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog -","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2008\/02\/20\/tig-welding-in-a-tight-spot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/default-featured-image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/default-featured-image.png","width":300,"height":200,"caption":"Default Featured Image"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/","name":"Joe Welder\u2122 Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#organization","name":"Arc-Zone.com, Inc.","url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Circle-A-Logo2021_PANTONE.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/Circle-A-Logo2021_PANTONE.png","width":1024,"height":977,"caption":"Arc-Zone.com, Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArcZone","https:\/\/x.com\/arczone","http:\/\/instagram.com\/arc_zone","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/arczone","http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ArcZoneVideos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/#\/schema\/person\/d11eef7e30a3295231fc0ea473ff9505","name":"Joe Welder","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com"],"url":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7401,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/7401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}