Thread: Micro Tig. Could I do it myself ?

So I'm pretty handy at precision engineering but I don't do my own micro tig welding and I live 1.5 hours from CHCH.
And I only go to the big smoke fortnightly or less which means sometimes I do a restoration project in a day and then its a month to get a tiny part to town, leave to be tig welded, next trip pick it up and back to finish the project.

How realistic would it be to buy and learn how to use my own micro tig welding unit ?
And what should I be looking for and how much should I be looking to spend ?

This is for small parts, extractors, stubs to barrels, quarter rib tabs and hanger blocks on to double rifles etc
I have one job on the go in the workshop that will need 4 trips to town to tig weld, with machining and set up between every tig weld application.
If the mill or lathe is set up for that part from prepping it and the weld is added it can go straight back in to be tidied up and finished.

I have some great tig and laser welding operators who do work for me in CHCH.
But there is no one in my area and I want to take control of this part of the process to be able to complete these projects without loosing the thread of where I'm at.
I have plenty of junk and off cuts I can practice on

Mainly working with
4140
4340
P20
#1 plate
416
Lots of old unknown steel on vintage rifles

Thoughts and advice appreciated