1st time welder

I bought the 135 welderfrom Eastwood. It works great. Unless your going to spend a lifetime welding, its a great buy for the buck. The duty cycle is where the cheap welders suffer. When your welding car you don't do long welds anyways so you don't warp the metal. Spend the money for a autodarkening helmet, you won't be sorry.

I did have an issue with the trigger failing on the torchhead but Eastwood sent me a new one no problem.

Take a welding course at a vocational school if you have one around. Its worth it.

Good luck with the build