Holy cow thats a lot of rust shawn, i'll dive underneath today and take another look. I hope mine isn't that bad.

your right tbird, what am I thinking, but on the other hand-if they didn't have corona's what would they drink? Like you said, don't drink the water. As far as the welder goes I'm planning on buying a miller 135 or a hobart even though i'm leaning towards the miller. It runs about $500-$600 and I want a shiny new one because i'm planning on keeping it until I die, I was thinking a cheap arc welder might do the job until i have the cash though. I'll think about it some more then I guess. You know....my decision really wouldn't be that hard if Visa/mastercard didn't exsist...then i just wouldn't have the money if you know what I mean I think i'll check out the lincoln 110 too. Thanks guys!