Originally Posted by
rspears
If you decide to take that step do yourself a big favor and go shop your local welding supply house and at least see what kind of deal you can get on a good quality machine. Once you know exactly what you want you can shop prices, but buying from your local guy has a lot of advantages, including them being very open to questions and even some demo time to help master the monster. A welder is one of those places where buying "economical" can end up costing a lot more in the long run.