Aaron Laughlin I would hesitate to call myself a good welder. More like functional and somewhat competent. I just suggested checking the gas flow, as just the other day I forgot to turn the gas back on, lit up the torch, and experienced the same thing, and fried the diffuser in a Furick Jazzy 10 in the process! From what I've seen, all of the coaches/instructors on here bring a lot to the table, and from a really divers background. Maybe just browse the videos, and see whose specialty most closely aligns with what you want out of welding. Though I like watching them all, as you can learn things from people who work on stuff you may never even see. Always something to learn.

Aaron Laughlin That almost sounds like the shielding gas was shut off, or had insufficient flow? I don't find this site to be much as far as a traditional forum. I mainly subscribe for the instructional video content, that may not be available on YouTube. And the instructors are pretty good about answering specific questions.

This would be a good start. https://welderskills.com/programs/jody-collier-intro-to-tig?category_id=168956

I'll stick with my usual as well. I've not seen any reviews on them that weren't from Arc-Zone. And no info at all on what sort of magic dust they're made from. 

Stickers arrived yesterday, thanks!

Nice find, that truck is in great shape. Wise move painting the frame. Try to keep the PennDOT cancer at bay for as long as possible!😀

Serious business moving heavy stuff like that, and having people around, and under it. Look forward to seeing how the repair is done.

Brad Goodman Good point on the machine settings for tungsten size/proper arc starts.

Crap, I really wanted to log in to this one, but got sidetracked with helping prep for turkey day, and forgot about it. Really good discussion you guys had. The one question I was going to ask, is opinions on tungsten size. Basically, how do you guys feel about using a 1/8" for everything, and adjust the grind to fit the amperage & material ( short/steep grind for high current/thick material to a long taper for low current/thin material ) versus swapping through the various sizes ( say 1/16" to 1/8" ) to suit the amperage & material thickness?

Good info in this series Aren, thanks. I've got a Spoolmatic 30A on the way. The spool gun made the most sense for me, as I only have one MIG machine ( Millermatic 255 ) and it will allow me to leave the spool gun hooked up and independent of my steel MIG gun. I didn't want to have to dick around changing back and forth between a push pull, and the steel gun. For general repair and fab work, I think it should work great. Look forward to using it. It's coming USPS Ground Advantage, so no telling when that will be. That's life living at the end of the supply chain!