The one he linked to is a 57Y02. That’s the one on my torch in the photo. The thread fits fine but it’s not long enough to accommodate the full length tungsten with that stubby setup. The longer one in the photo is the 41V24L that is made for a 9/20 torch and the thread does not fit a 17/26 torch.

Thanks cj737. I will spend some time testing out cutting techniques, both with the bench grinder and the angle grinder. Thanks BugHunter. I think I see the reasoning for the longer back cap on the little water cooled torches and somewhat shorter back cap on the bigger air cooled torches. They expect...

Thanks cj737.

I started out cutting tungstens on the edge of the bench grinder wheel. It does seem to erode the edge and round it off fairly quickly. Is that normal, or do I have an especially soft grinding wheel?

That’s great. Thank you Spartan.

I will run some tungstens down until the collect can’t hold them anymore.

I was using the bench grinder to cut the tungstens in half. I will try it the way you suggest with the cutoff wheel in the angle grinder.

Thank you for the tips. It may well be that I am better off cutting the tungstens in half as you say, and that will be fine. I just had a notion (perhaps misguided) that by keeping my tungstens whole, I would waste less. How short would you say you can grind a tungsten and still use it? Also, since ...

I bought a stubby collet and #5 9/20 cup for welding aluminum with my CK TL26 torch. I like the ergonomics of the setup, but the overall length from the front of the cup to the rear of the back cap is shorter than it was with the standard 17/26 cup. Now I cannot fit a full length tungsten without ex...