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Originally Posted by sperry
I tell you, every time I walk by the welders at Lowes, I'm tempted... but frankly, I need to at least read up on welding to know what I need to buy and what the difference is between MIG/TIG/ARC. All I know about welding is that I don't know anything about welding.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welding
If you end up doing any welding yourself, you'll be doing wire-feed MIG. It's the easiest to use & cheapest of the arc welders. Stick is a pain in the ass (at least I thought it was), because you go through electrodes so fast & have to keep changing them out. TIG makes some sweet-ass welds but a machine is going to be at least $1000, where a light-duty 110v MIG is less than $200.