No problem Colin.
As a novice it took me ages to get the wire tensioner and spool clutch right. It was very frustrating, constantly having to strip the wire out and feed fresh wire through again. The main thing is to persevere and as Mick told me, ''practice, practice, practice!''
Something I had in the back of my mind was that the 180 was quite a bit more expensive than the 'hobby' size welders, but resale values are high, so if you ever decided to sell it you won't lose much money on it. Anyway, I'm so happy with mine I'll be hanging onto it after my Nova's back on the road.
That's great news on the Lancia engine front .... looking forward to seeing your updates.
Cheers, Alistair