Tigging a radio patch panel?

[Dne007]

Thanks Jason! yesterday, I was only up to about 45-55 amps while practicing on what little sheet metal I had bought. It goes quickly and so does the argon! IT's like watching a gas gauge on a gas guzzling car, you can see the needle moving downward towards empty, every time I look at the tank pressure, it's gone down! yikes! And I'm only good for practiciing for short burst of time. Today or more than likely tomorrow, I'll be looking at getting a better welding hood; I'm getting flashed pretty strongly on the initiating arc, like my northern tools hood is not adequate for the quickness of the tig, but works Ok on my mig. ok, got to get busy! daylight is burning! days are going by way too fast! ; )

[DaveO]

every time I look at the tank pressure, it's gone down!

Apologies in advance for asking what may be a dumb question: is your delivery pressure set properly for your application, and is your post flow set to a long duration? If they're set too high you may be expending argon at a rate faster than it can be useful. I know these settings can be optimized, but I can't suggest what those settings might be.