Thanks for replies. Have thought about the gripping it nearer the head method - gets a bit toasty though! Air cooled torches - Thought about the flexi head or smaller torch but since these are what we have in the lab and more than likely all we will get in the field am trying to make do with whateve...

Hi - new to the forum here - would like to brush up on free hand tig - the lab I weld at has only size 17 torch - this makes it hard to post my hand or prop my finger with the tig finger and have the electrode pointed at the joint - I can walk the cup fine with bigger big or when there is a bevel ev...