I started this reply with name calling then I remembered a great quote. "Don't argue with an idiot. He will drag you in and beat you with experience."
Who's to say there isn't some guy that saw this post and said. "Man. I have been looking for one of these." I'm glad he posted this...
I did. Just bought the welder and got some scrap and started melting metal together. 8 years and a ton of projects later I consider myself a decent welder. One thing to save for that will make life easy. Get yourself a good self darkening helmet. I say good because you only get one set of...