rayward
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 11:20 AM |
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"chinese" Tig / Plasma
considering selling my clarke Mig welder and putting the cash towards a combined Tig/plasma
the chinese versions on ebay look a good buy but does anyone have experience of them 1st hand?.
cheers
Ray
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 11:22 AM |
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TBH, if they're anything like their bikes, they won't be up to much for very long!
I'm a great believer in 'you gets what you pays for'
That's my input FWIW. 
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 11:38 AM |
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It might snap in half like a cheap Chinese spanner 
Its all very odd as they have and amazing industry, build some of the biggest most complicated structures in the world, their Olympics were beyond
anything seen before plus they make most of the hi-tech electronic gadgets sold
so logically they should also make the best tools in the world but they still sell rubbish tools and deathtrap motorbikes what’s that all about?
[Edited on 9/12/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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twybrow
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 12:44 PM |
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My grandad was a very wise man... He always said 'Only a rich man can afford to buy cheaply'....
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 01:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by twybrow
My grandad was a very wise man... He always said 'Only a rich man can afford to buy cheaply'....
Was his name Confucius by any chance ? 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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twybrow
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| posted on 9/12/08 at 09:05 PM |
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I said he was a wise man, not me.... I had never heard of him, but maybe he had!
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wilkingj
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| posted on 10/12/08 at 11:29 AM |
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I have a Rehman DC 200A Tig, and for less than £200 delivered, and still going a year on, I can't complain.
My SIP 150 mig cost me £225 10 years ago.
OK the Rehman is not industrial quality. Its cheap and seems to do the job OK.
If you want to TIG all day long every day then you need a Miller Dynasty or similar.
But then they are £3k ish.
Cheap ones are a risk, but I can have 15 of them for the price of a Miller. If I were running a welding business its no contest... Miller every
time.
Its horses for courses, and I am pleased with mine.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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