Thanks for posting the detailed information on all of your tungsten electrode offerings. I purchased my first TIG/GTAW torch, gas and control set-up years ago for hobby and personal interest work. Now the welding industry and career have come together again. I am now a CWI candidate (for August, 2009) and my employment in aerospace has landed me on a project correcting cracks in welded aluminum aerospace hardware. We are developing parameters for qualified Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and will definitely use your posted information to choose the best Tungsten electrode materials for our project. The high quality, consistent production lots and ability to meet a standard from the AWS (or other specification) are key to insuring that all variables are accounted for during production welding. The actual cost of the electrodes are insignificant considering the high cost of re-work, scrap, added labor and late delivery. We will be utilizing the information from your website to help make material suggestions to our suppliers. We are also working with some local welding consultants whom also have good things to say about your business. Keep up the great work.
Tom
P.S. I agree with the decision to offer the full range of electrode qualities. Sometimes you need to play that dirty game to stay ahead of the “quantity before quality” game. Your intent was clear per our conversation years ago.