i'm a novice, just done a little MIG welding in an auto body class "for fun". they used some Miller welders with gas and they were really nice. well, now that i've welded with them, i find myself with projects that normally i would have avoided or done with out welding, but now i want to tackle them and weld them myself. checked on here about what's the best for what price, i've looked around at a few stores and online, and i'm still unclear about what i would like or need. i've heard the flux core welders are not very nice, but at the same time they are priced extremely low. looked at home depot today and they had some Lincoln brand welders for $249-$599 but i couldn't find any info on them as far as if they were flux core or gas welders, or even what voltage they used; and the people were not very helpful answering questions. then went to home depot's site and found this setup:
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100093231
this seems like a good general purpose welder to me. i guess i should give a run down of things i'll be using this for. autobody - welding in panels and floors, fabbing up some brackets for various things, general household small jobs, modding the 4runner (currently want to weld on the brackets to my 1st gen roll bar after i cut it down). i guess i want to know if anyone has this welder and if it can produce quality welds on various applications?
any input would be welcome. thanks.
patrick