Welders whatya got?

[Hopefuldave]

I've only got a humble Oxford RT110B oil-cooled arc welder (1950's?), does 15 - 110A at 55v, 10 - 80A at 80v, AC only - but it'll weld at full output all day, and has a carbon-arc output for brazing etc. It's an heirloom, too - left to me by a favourite uncle (who taught me to use it when I was 10...) so I can't see me getting shot of it! It's good for all the steel I need to weld (so far...) - I hope it'll be good with NiFe rods, as I have some CI to repair on the way to building a milling head column to sit on the lathe ways...

I'm looking for a TIG, when I find one within reach of my pocket, as I have some projects involving aluminium I want to get started on. Willie's Dialarc would have been perfect, I could have *made* space for it :) Ebay has some "spares or repair" TIGs now and then, as I'm of the Electronic Persuasion, I may go with that and spend a year or three looking for parts and schematics...

Dave H. (the other one)