TIG torch/hose issue

Hey guys,
I picked up a new #20 tig torch after I burned up the power cable on my old one the other day. The torch and the hoses came neatly coiled up in a box and now when I weld the hoses want to go back to that coil shape and I wind up fighting that while trying to hold the torch in the proper oreintation and angle. Its not that big of an issue when welding on the bench but it's a major pain when doing work in a tight or awkward position...welds I made yesterday under the car will have to be redone.

I'm wondering if anyone has a solution to this? I'm thinking of stretching the hoses out in the sun and seeing if that helps take the "coil" out of the hoses.

thanks

 

A couple days out in the warm sun layed flat has always cured this for me, same with airhoses.

 

What is this "sun" thing you speak of?
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Its this thing were sick of, you want some? trade you for some cloads.

 

Oh S H U T - up!

Every single person around here suffers from a vitamin D deficiency.

 

Not on a bet. I live in the desert and fully use it to my advatage. Workig with vinyl for interiors, lay it out in the sun and it stretches like rubber. Mounting a tire, let it get soft in the sun, and easier to mount. Rain rain, go away.

 

I knew the reference to the sun would tighten some jaws!

I'll stretch the hoses out this weekend...watch, that'll probably break our drought.

 

must be some really old stock, I really like the new braided sets.

 

Hey i said some clouds not all of them.

 

the set up I had before was new in 83'. I guess you could say it was "broken in"

 

Hope not, kind of tough SURVIVING this upper 70s winter storm.

 

Oh my!! How do you ever do it?
In my best scarlet o hare

-9 this morning but that's ok because it went up 17 degrees already to 8*.
Lay anything outside and it will crack.
Ups dropped of some parts and they were so cold I couldn't touch them for an hour.

 

We have sun, it's not doing anything, but we have sun.

It was -16 degrees F this morning, but sunny!

 

Here is the devistation from last weeks storm. Dont worry too much, we are strong and will rebuild.......

 

It was 17+ this morning and sunny,, 39= now

 

31, should we send them truck load of the cold white , wet stuff??? , and I don't mean paint ....

 

No, the **** will melt long before it gets there.
I say we have them start scouting for houses and shops for us and when we move we then have a snow shovel meltdown event.

-10 tonight with windchills in the -30 area.

 

was -17 here last night , supposed to be warmer to night

as for shipping it I have access to some refers that go to -40 for hard frozen foods , so it will be still good when it gets there ..my one buddy a few years back imported some snow to Texas from Wisconsin for some guy ..

 

Just bring the shovels, when it hits 120+ degrees here, they will melt on their own.

 

Dual residency- hide from the cold there and hide from the heat there.

 

15 degrees and more snow!

 

Hey...it was like rainy and windy last night...low 60's!!

Aloha
Tommy



























Sorry!

 

The sun thing works, and I put a nice woven cover with a zipper on it on my setup, I think it helps.

 

Holy ****...an "on topic" reply

Thanks, I'm going to try the sun thing and I do have a woven cover over the hoses, taped to the torch with electrical tape.
Of course now they're predicing rain...first time since November I think.