Two (2) Free 1/8” CK Wedge Collets For Stubby Lens w/17 Torch

[christian]

Yeah,

I’m willing to send two of these 1/8”, “4-series” wedge collets to the first Everlast forum member who posts to this thread or PMs me with a mailing address, on the North American continent of the so-called 48-state area, that also actually uses a stubby gas lens on a #17 TIG torch.

Of course, the wedge collets are far better than the slotted ones, which will twist or “cork-screw” very quickly.

These “4-series” will not work with a 2-series/#9 torch, either, I’m pretty sure, even though a 2-series cup will work with the stubby gas lens, on a 3-series #17 torch, that than will also will take a 4-series wedge collet. Ha, ha, ha… But it’s true, nonetheless.

Anyway, CK Worldwide packages these wedge collets in packs of 5, at a surprisingly good price per copy (about $20, I think it was, via Weldfabulous.) But I’ll undoubtedly never use 5 of them, as one or two would last me a few years, and I mostly only use 3/32” tungstens anyway. But I did recently have use for 1/8” tungsten on a higher amperage, so I got the pack of 5, which is really too many for me.

So, I’m keeping 3, and giving away 2.



You can see from this photo, how quickly 210 amps can corkscrew a typical collet. The wedge collets don’t do that.

[christian]

Yeah,

There's undoubtedly some #26 TIG torch users that have the same stubby gas lens kits that the #17 torches takes.

So, a 26 TIG torch with a stubby gas lens or kit will also take these 4-series wedge collets.

[aland]

I would take them if still available.

Alan

[christian]

OK,

You got 'em, Alan!

I would take them if still available.

Alan

[aland]

Much appreciated...as I cobble my welding environment together...

Alan

[christian]

Yeah,

Wedge collets are a nice innovation to a TIG torch. They're all I use now.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...s=wedge+collet

And they're not really expensive, even from CK Worldwide, which usually prices their stuff quite high and was apparently the only source for them, initially. But now there are imported wedge collets too, wich are an even better value.

Here's a recent Kevin Caron video on how standard collets can swell and corkscrew, causing gas flow problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUJEtw7AAI

[christian]

OK,

Two (2) 1/8" CK Wedge Collets (4C18GS), for use with a 1/8" Stubby Gas Lens, are freely available again to an Everlast fellow forum member, under the same conditions as the original post, as Alan has returned them to me recently.

Wedge Collets are great, but you have to buy a packet of (5) from CK Worldwide, and one alone could last for years!