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[Drains]

Brian, the cheapest way to Tig is to get a small inverter - under £200 in the right pplaces, and a valved tig torch. With the gas/reg/hoses, you have a scratch start Tig. I recently did the whole thing for less than £200, including a second hand lincoln inverter, and made a footpedal too. Works a treat.

If you want it easy, get an H.F. (high frequency) or Lift Tig, from Weldequip or DIY Welding, or take a chance on something off ebay.

Weldequip sells the Fusion inverters. They are good machines apparently, UK made, good backup, but any new machine like that will be £600+, list price. There are people in the trade on this site who would expect to pay FAR less than that - it's a "who you know" situation.

You can certainly get a secondhand one off ebay for £200-£300. - a really nice kemppi pulse tig went for £200 the other day...

I would have a quiet word with Weldequip and see what he can do for you. Otherwise, go scratch start. There are techniques for making it easy, and it'll be a fraction of the price.

Si

Edit - there are one or two European-made MMA or Tig inverter sets on ebay at the mo which I would look at buying, if I were shopping. (if you want to know which ones, PM me - I won't say which ones here cos that'll maybe put up the prices)

There are also loads of "German" tig sets, which are actually chinese... but you couls get a Rehmann for less than £150. The only thing is that the 160A sets seem to be tig only, not stick. And god only knows how reliable they would be...

 

[rusty69bus]

basket case on the bay 250180844431

 

[Drains]

basket case on the bay 250180844431

Wow - Bag of bits, at 560 squids, and still almost 5 days to run.

 

[weldequip]

Weldequip sells the Fusion inverters. They are good machines apparently, UK made, good backup, but any new machine like that will be £600+, list price.

List price is actually over a grand Si! on the HF start machines & discounted, end user prices are around £700 .

There are also loads of "German" tig sets, which are actually chinese... but you couls get a Rehmann for less than £150.

And they are due to be reported to eBay/Trading Standards for mis-representation of goods (or whatever ). "German Quality Product". They couldn't make the steel cases in Germany for that!! They are Chinese end of, being sold from Gemany.
weldequip

 

[Wozzaaah]

basket case on the bay 250180844431

That looks like sculpture material for Ratty

 

[brian_mcowen@btinternet.c]

basket case on the bay 250180844431

hey, thats the first 69' H1, (he says 1970 but the numbers match to a 69' bike) this it what it should look like a 1969er'

thats Kylie,
didnt know it was for sale but it went for £8000, yup thats right 8k !!
at the Stafford show, only other wkend.

it was a drag bike theme this yr,
,..mine was there too, although technically not a dragster.

amongst all the mint standard bikes, was a bit out the ordinary, but always a laugh.........

GET THEM WELDING RODS OUT LADS.......

 

[Peternick]

So it was your bike that I was lusting after at Stafford. Much nicer in the flesh believe it or not.

Three is the magic number when it comes to motorcycle engines, though mine is a 4 stroke with push rods, the kwaka is in my virtual garage next to the Jota.

 

[Rusty]

I used to have a KH500, a 73 i think it was, fun bike to ride in a straight line ! Sold it because i didn't ride it much ( wish i would have kept it now at those prices ) some years later i bought a Suzuki RG500 Gamma 350lbs and 90 bhp four cylinder 2 stroke, lovely bike , had it for 16 years and did'nt add a 1000 mls to it,sold it a few months ago
Yer tiz.