I was laying some beads on steel without filler as I am just learning and practicing. Then all of a sudden my arc instead of striking down on to the metal it was shooting up the tungsten and into the cup making a crackling noise and it's kinda scary. Any idea why this is happening? Miller diversion 180 #17 style torch #8 furick clear cup weldmonger stubby glass lens kit pure tungsten on 1/8 inch carbon steel. I know that I'm supposed to use 2% lanthanated and I have since bought a pack of new tungsten. Any help will be amazing. Thanks forum.
