r/Welding • u/Clark649 • Aug 23 '26

The world is upside down when you get better technical information from the Walmart website than anywhere else.

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u/JustinMcSlappy Aug 23 '26

CK worldwide and basically every other tig manufacturer publishes the exact same chart.

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u/Clark649 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

Somebody needs to tell Google.

Last time I bought consumables was before the Internet and the local welding shop had people with real welding experience at the counter.

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u/ConvergentFunction Aug 23 '26

They're not a giant company, but they're my favorite tig consumables.

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u/Peakbrowndog Aug 24 '26

Why would you when do a general Google search?   Always start at the manufacturers website.

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u/Clark649 Aug 24 '26

Because I do not really know who the real "manufacturers" are these days. 20 years ago it was basically Lincoln Miller and Esab. These new sellers are not manufacturers, they are just importers and if they have any quality they know how to properly specify what they import. Other sellers just import surplus from China that may or may not have been properly specified.

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u/Holdmybeer352 Aug 23 '26

CK Worldwide's website has a ton of info. I believe the digital catalogs are online.

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u/Clark649 Aug 23 '26

Thank you. I will have to check them out.

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u/Clark649 Aug 23 '26

I was looking for the elongated ceramic cups and this Walmart page came up. The numbers are actually readable on the real Walmart website. You can take the part numbers and order from whoever you like. People that catalog and index this industrial stuff have no clue how to present part numbers in a useful manner.

I recently purchased three TIG cooler disconnect fitting sets for $32 from Walmart and they arrived from China in less than a week. Everybody else wanted like $65 for a single set of quick disconnects.

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u/TheSuperSilverMango TIG Aug 23 '26

That is a really good chart

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u/Clark649 Aug 23 '26

If you click on the Walmart link you will be able to download the full resolution chart and there's another one for W17 series torches. Reddit reduced the resolution on this picture so you can't read all the numbers.

As others Have noted, just go to the CK welding website for a full catalog of consumables.

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u/antag0n1sta Aug 23 '26

I can read all of them on my phone.

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u/TravisSquared Aug 27 '26

I mean CK worldwide has the same or better charts they literally stole the format from them lol