how much for plasma cutting and welding of heavy weights?

I was being serious about the angle grinder. Water jetting and what not is lovely but if you aren't a dab hand with a grinder then repairing your machine at a competition becomes a real challenge as you either don't do it or rely on others who may be busy with their own machines.

I didn't think many of the heavy's were water/lasercut. I assumed most were done with an angle grinder. Since they are all such thin hardox its real easy to do.

I'm good with an angle grinder and could buy the plate and cut it, was just looking into how much water jetting is to save time. I can't weld so need someone to do that but have recently seen some robots like Mute are bolted together. Especially Original Sin and that's taken a battering over the years.

just go buy a dirt cheap £50 stick welder and get learning. Good skill to have.

Is it true that it's a lot easier to learn that people think? You can buy them in Argos lol.

Once you have the basic theory down it's not bad at all. 3mm steel and above is fairly ready to welds without blowing holes through it. 2mm and lower is more difficult

Oh that's good it's 3 or 4 mm I was after.