What water cooled torch setup for syncrowave 180SD?

[CarterKraft]

oops did you burn up the power lead from no cooling flow?

they only got like a 10ga strand of copper inside the water cooled lead

No I think I got lucky that it had water in it (cause I manually primed it) just wasn't flowing.

Just finished welding the bracket out, no issues.

 

[[486]]

I've been halfass thinking about making an adapter that screws onto my #20 torch like a collet body but it has the threads for a coaxial air cooled torch lead
kinda like "extendo lead-o" for those times you want an extra twenty feet and are willing to sacrifice a little duty cycle
yes I realize I can clamp the adapter in a stick rod stinger and do it that way

 

[CarterKraft]

New torch is amazing... The old 18 is like wrestling a PVC water hose...

 

[[486]]

No I think I got lucky that it had water in it (cause I manually primed it) just wasn't flowing.

Just finished welding the bracket out, no issues.

bueno
I've burnt up a chinese one, had something set on the leads and it managed to pinch off the water flow but not the gas

 

[CarterKraft]

I've been halfass thinking about making an adapter that screws onto my #20 torch like a collet body but it has the threads for a coaxial air cooled torch lead
kinda like "extendo lead-o" for those times you want an extra twenty feet and are willing to sacrifice a little duty cycle
yes I realize I can clamp the adapter in a stick rod stinger and do it that way

That'd be pretty easy to pull off I think. Probably not as hard on it as welding due to the heat being moved away from the collet/neck.

 

[[486]]

That'd be pretty easy to pull off I think. Probably not as hard on it as welding due to the heat being moved away from the collet/neck.

the air cooled torch would be running as normal for it (as hot as your patience allows) and the water cooled one at the machine would still be water cooled

 

[tac1]

Glad you got it figured out.

I rarely get to do clean bench tig, usually dirty aluminum, repairs, or tacking/fit up stuff but I had one this week, it was fun playing with the fancy cups and wasting lots of argons .