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I'm talking of a guy doing funny welding all day repairing everything and anything. I know one who even managed to weld golf club and straighten then perfectly. I think it's more a matter of finding a good welder who weld funny stuff all day, he will know instantly what to do. Not talking of a guy who weld al 3 time per year and only do basic welding the rest of the time. It never costed me much more than £40 cash in hand for a 5 mins job. Even cheaper or free if i get it back to france but i use to be client to them for high end expensive welding.
santino
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I'd say this is the same principle as - why pay £40 for shot blasting at a restorers when there is person on the industrial estate who will blast it for £20 cash. They do it all day and isn't going to be any hassle if you do all the prep. Trouble is, do they know the correct pressure to not thin the tubing and when all day they do chassis and sheet metal, a bike frame is a bitch as you have to keep turning it.
Trouble is that generic tradespeople (try hard to be gender balanced) don't do intricate precision jobs all day. A welder who does straight steel-steel joins 90% of the time can make a hash of it. Not because of lack of skill but because it isn't routine. If you're taking it to an experienced welder who regularly does one off, cash in hand, precision jobs then it is likely to be more than £40 due to their high demand and likely a waiting list. It is a weld but maintaining exact parallel spacing after cooling is not as easy as bolting it down.