Workshop tooling and equipment boast posts.

Not a boast post per se, but more of a tool warning. I managed to get a fake flexi head for my CK torch off ebay, and it proved devilishly hard to diagnose what was going on. I would be welding, everything would be fine and then BAM out of nowhere contamination, soot, holes, the works. I ended up ruining a whole front triangle. I tried different cups, tungsten, even a new bottle of argon. What it turned out to be was the fake head brass attachment was either shit brass or too thin, and once the torch had heated up would expand, creating a gap which would allow air to be drawn into the lens. I only worked it out as there was nothing left to change. Expensive mistake, moral of the story is buy all CK stuff straight from r tech. Also, I had to apologise to staff members for acting like a two year old and shouting on and off for a whole afternoon at inanimate objects, which was very embarrassing.

When it works, there's no better torch that I've used.