brewmeister13
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I am in the market to have a Brutus 10 style stand welded. I drew up some plans and took them to a local welding shop (a few actually) for quotes. What I got back was a bit surprising. They wanted nearly $2000 for a tig welded stand and $1300 for arc (I'm not a welder, but I thought tig was a form of arc, as mig and stick are too, correct me if I'm wrong).
This includes the price of material (2X2 16 gauge 304 stainless, about 40 feet worth), but not casters or levelers. I looked online and found I could get the steel shipped to me for around $330. I didn't get an itemized quote, but assumed a local shop could do better than an internet site on steel. That leaves about $1000 for arc welding and almost $1700 for tig.
This sounds a bit ridiculous to me. I searched, but could only find a few guys from a few years back saying $450 was about average to pay a tig welder. What price should I expect to be fair?
Thanks
Edit: to clarify, I am not looking at exclusively TIG welding, I would be happy with MIG. I am also not looking to weld it myself, I have barely enough time to actually brew. Thanks for all comments, but I was looking for what some people have paid, or what those with experience would charge, to weld up a standard single tier stand.
FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER: page 3 has an update with the prices I found.
I am in the market to have a Brutus 10 style stand welded. I drew up some plans and took them to a local welding shop (a few actually) for quotes. What I got back was a bit surprising. They wanted nearly $2000 for a tig welded stand and $1300 for arc (I'm not a welder, but I thought tig was a form of arc, as mig and stick are too, correct me if I'm wrong).
This includes the price of material (2X2 16 gauge 304 stainless, about 40 feet worth), but not casters or levelers. I looked online and found I could get the steel shipped to me for around $330. I didn't get an itemized quote, but assumed a local shop could do better than an internet site on steel. That leaves about $1000 for arc welding and almost $1700 for tig.
This sounds a bit ridiculous to me. I searched, but could only find a few guys from a few years back saying $450 was about average to pay a tig welder. What price should I expect to be fair?
Thanks
Edit: to clarify, I am not looking at exclusively TIG welding, I would be happy with MIG. I am also not looking to weld it myself, I have barely enough time to actually brew. Thanks for all comments, but I was looking for what some people have paid, or what those with experience would charge, to weld up a standard single tier stand.
FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER: page 3 has an update with the prices I found.