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.

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