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20/20 vision
the welder comes per the pictures on Rally Design site - pedal / reasonable torch and a useless mask. buy a decent mask. the ground leads a bit short only 2 metres but easily extended. it has a 32amp mains connector but comes with a female wall mounted socket as well which you'll need if you are doing heavy stuff but i don't need that so just fitted a std 13amp plug though from experience that will blow a 13a fuse pretty quick if you wind it up. the only complication with it was that the gas inlet is 9mm yes 9! so had to make up a connector to the 5mm hose from the regulator.
i already have an auto welding mask for my mig so I think that should be ok, I more want a tig because I want one it’s not really needed so at that money it seems great. I needed some alloy welding and had to get a mate do it for me so it’s I skill I want to learn.
adapting the pipe won’t be an issue because I have a lathe so should be able to turn something up (I need the practice)
last question,, I have watched a few clips about tig welding and everyone seems to hold the torch in right hand and the filler in the left, is this a must?
I only ask because I was a heating engineer fo 15 years and hold the blow lamp and solder the opposite way round and I’m comfortable like that with lead joints etc