I think Alex has the picture and after all, he did say it was for static display only.
So here is a little story about my welder mate.
Peter Williams who I've known since I was a teenager (some several hundred years ago)
became a self taught welder in the 60s.
He made frames and tanks in alloy and built up a reputation that lead to him building the alloy tanks for the Maxton Yamahas that could do the TT without refueling. Following that, he did a production run of 25 tanks for a Canadian company but found the repatition boring.
He vowed never to make anything the same without a break in between with something different.
He had a six month waiting list for jobs, so was never short of work.
When he first took up welding, he was fortunate in that we had a rod manufacturer who also had a welding school in our town.
At the weekends, Peter was a Drag racer/Sprinter and very accomplished at his sport. He campaigned a twin engined Nitro burning Triumph for several years before turning his thoughts to a tripple engined one.
Not content with the massive power that these motors turned out, he wanted it as light as possible.
He deceided that he would make the fuel and oil tanks in Magnesium. Through his exploits in the bussines, he built up a good working relationship with this company and also with Siflux, a company that made welding fluxes.
The place in the town had by then closed down so he turned to Siflux for the correct sort of flux that would be needed to weld the Magnesium tanks.
I have not mentioned it yet but this is where the story gets interesting.
Siflux, yes Mr Williams, sure we can supply you with rods for welding Magnesium, how many would you like ?
Peter, who said anything about rods ? I just want the flux.
Siflux, well how are you going to weld them with out rods?
Peter, The same as I do all my alloy welding, with Oxegen and Asethalene.
Siflux, Peter, that hasn't been done since WW11, you need an arc set.
Peter, I havn't got an arc set, just send me some flux please.
They did and he made them
Sam.