Quote: If you want to get serious about welding it might not hurt to look at what the local community colleges have to offer. Ours has some serious welding classes, being in oil field country.
Cheap at any cost, imo.
This is what I did many years ago, went to night school to learn the basics.
I'm not a great welder because I don't weld everyday, but I have saved myself ton's of money over the last 25 years by doing it myself.
It's a skill that is so worth learning imo.
And I would invest in a 220 machine, not a 110 machine when it comes time to buy a welder. That way you only have to buy one welder.