looking to buy my first welder

Id get a cheap *** flux first welder for $125 new. Get a 20% off coupon and score it for ~100. For what you are going to use it for, clean up of flux is just a wire wheel on a grinder. After your done with it and think youll need a better one, flip it to the next beginner for $80. Damn, it'll turn out to be a $20 rental fee after all said and done IF you decide to let it go. I reckon it may be a keeper for the little jobs that dont require the cart with the Miller and bottles on it. Stick flux welding has been done for 100 years.