[jeffspower]

If you are looking at spending around $1500 for a welder, spend a little more and get a Miller 251. They run about $1800. It has a variable voltage control instead of "settings". I find that most welders never have the setting I want on sheetmetal. One is a little too cold, the next is a little too hot. So, If you are not an expert, the settings give you a choice of burn- thru or chicken poop. The only welder I ever ran with settings I liked for thin sheetmetal was a Snap-On YA212A IND. It has 12 voltage settings. I don't have it anymore, wish I did. At the time I bought it, there was no question in my mind that I wanted the tried & true Milller 210. Snap- On & Miller both wanted me to buy their welder. I told both of them to leave them to demo for a week, and that next week someone was going to make a sale, the other would be loading up. I was surprised myself that I liked the Snap- On machine better, and it was quite a bit more expensive than the Miller.