[North Coast Cab]

Eli,
I went down this road not too long ago myself. By the time you add the gloves, helmet, cart , gas bottle etc. into the price of the welder it is an expensive proposition. So you end up with a low end set-up which will never effectively do most of what you'd like to do. That said, for normal around the garage stuff having a welder and some skills would be great. I elected to find someone else to do the tough stuff.

John