buying my first welder
If you have never welded try a friends machine first.
Bottle of argon around $300. I have the Lincoln Pro 180 around $800 and the spool gun is around $210 to 225.... I have a friend that rebuilt a boat that had been rear ended and it was a lot of work. He knew how to weld but not aluminum or a wire feed.
Ever time I go fishing in this boat and we hit anything I think about the whole *** end coming off. When you buy all the gear to do this then you realize why the aluminum welders/fabricators charge what they do. You can spend all this money and still have to take it to a shop.....Think about it.....If you don't know how to weld I would say bring it to a welder.
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