novocaine wrote: it's a rebadged Telwin and clarke used to sell the same machine with their name on, as did SIP and countless others.
Thats why I thought there would be a good change of picking up a used machine to raid for parts - possibly through the Mig forum
I bought a Portamig 180 about 12 years ago. Lovely machine. Only gets light use but handy to have around.
If I was buying now, I might look at inverter models if only on grounds of taking less space.
Bob