Tig torch...
Been doing all my practice so far with just the torch switch, trying to work on puddle control and moving/feeding wire at appropriate speeds. Prob won't mess with my pedal until I feel a little more confident with just the switch.
Ditch the torch switch and try that puddle control with the pedal.
The torch switch that I have, I kept, but I use it with velcro, when I need a tac weld that I can't obtain with a foot pedal, for that stage of assembly.
If you plug that pedal in, you will be surprised at how easy it is to start the arc and control amps. Set the pedal max amp when floored, a bit higher than you will be running it at, so you can melt stuff in when needed. The nice part about the pedal is that you can back it off when needed, to keep the weld from burning through or the puddle from growing too much.
If you're finding that you have to chase the puddle quicker, once the metal is warm, you won't have that problem with the pedal, because you can slow it down or even pulse the pedal and keep the arc on, unlike trying to pulse with an on/off torch trigger.
It seems counter intuitive to try and run a welder at first with a foot control, but you will actually discover that it is much easier to weld with it, than to try and get good at using a trigger that doesn't allow you to control amperage right when you need it.
I had initially thought the same thing; that I would use the torch trigger until I got better. After finding myself going for the amp control on the box a few times to turn it down or up, I quickly realized as I was welding, how nice it would be to just bump it up a little more or slow it down a little more, instead of having to change the speed that I was moving, to get consistent results.
Break that pedal out.
