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British made is important so the RTech is out. Do you have any other suggestions for around the £500 New UK made?
Bet the little circuit board inside the fob isn’t made hereThat's your lot for UK made welders at that price level I'm afraid.
Bentley do a nice key fob for similar money...plus Vat.
I believe the RTec is multy sourced the cases are Chinese but the main of the electronics are German and AmericanBritish made is important so the RTech is out. Do you have any other suggestions for around the £500 New UK made?
They ain’t mate. They are made in China with components made in China.I believe the RTec is multy sourced the cases are Chinese but the main of the electronics are German and American
Must confess I bought an R-tech assuming it was Chinese made, they do state on their website:They ain’t mate. They are made in China with components made in China.
There is nothing wrong with them. In fact the digital range of tigs are a pleasure to use.
I certainly wouldn’t be worried about buying simply because it’s not made here. I think that’s a bit silly of the op to make that comment but hey.
I’d be buying based on other priorities like quality, ability, warranty, local support rather than the country of origin.
Ewm isn’t UK made but I know I’d sooner have one over a portamig any day of the week.
Maybe they do mate.Must confess I bought an R-tech assuming it was Chinese made, they do state on their website:
"As with all major manufacturers of welding equipment, the R-Tech range uses components originating from several countries.
The main part of our inverter range utilise 'Eupec (Infineon)' IGBT & power modules produced by American and German companies providing very high duty cycles with great reliability. With other components sourced from the Europe (internals) and the Far East (chassis and case components) from tried and tested high quality sources. " Which may be misleading as in my experience most big German and American companies have manufacturing sites in China.
Maybe they do mate.
Tbh I wouldn’t really care where it’s manufactured. When the mask hits the bottom of your chin you can’t read the label anyway.
I’d want something of good quality with good warranty and Local support. This is UK the bit that’s important. Not where it’s made but where it’s looked after.
We ain’t going here cos we will get told off mate as we treading on soft ground and deviating the thread off topic.It matters to me. Supporting UK made, UK farmers, local shops, my butcher etc etc. I bought Portamig, they are a good machine and British. I’m also an immigrant, go figure.
Buying an rtech does support British industry.
Sure they ain’t actually manufactured here but it’s a British company employing British people selling welding machines to the British public. They support them here, they fix them here and more importantly when you phone them up you get good ol British friendly tech support. They know there products well and they know there market well too.
I suspect you would if you were still in the game & making stuff to sell against the competition!Maybe they do mate.
Tbh I wouldn’t really care where it’s manufactured. When the mask hits the bottom of your chin you can’t read the label anyway.
No!I suspect you would if you were still in the game & making stuff to sell against the competition!
Ah ok I miss read your post. Sorry.I didn't mean the set, I meant your morals on where it's made if you yourself were still having to make stuff here & compete with imported stuff to make a living! Anyway, it's been flogged to death, I waste no more breath
They are assembled in the UK. The portamig is made to order which is quite a nice thing if your prepared to wait for it because you know it hasn’t been sitting in a ware house for 6 months or been used on several demonstrations before you buy it so you are the first person in a portamigs case to put the mileage on the clock. Of course the components come from various places, that’s the case with everything pretty much. It’s impractical to manufacture everything in one place. I have a Cebora 200 amp mig which is assembled in Italy. It’s a decent enough thing. It’s certainly not an industrial bit of kit and I know too well there are some common things on them that fail from what I’ve read. I think where it’s put together is the least important factor because it is just nuts and bolts and follow a drawing essentially. More importantly how I see it anyway is how was it designed, who specced the components. What’s it designed to do or deal with. What’s the IP rating, what’s the duty cycle,I think if some one has the tech ability to double check this that the transformers in tec arc/portapig are made in england, as regards the electronics component level I doubt any machine would be 100% certain not to have foreign parts.as already stated you want something reliable and if a problem does arise the back up to sort it.I certainly found my tec arc spot on for tin and up to 5mm.
my thoughts are for a tool that sits on the floor gets ignored and used as a tool shelf mostly you cant go wrong with tec arc/oxford/portamig basically depends which spec you want,or colour? !