Dove in and Bought my First Welder

My first welder was a 220V Century stick welder with a big dial on the front. It was huge and was on casters. flipped it for 2X what I bought it for and settled on a small Craftsman infinite arc 110 stick as all the stuff I was welding was thinner than I thought I would be welding. Then I found an Italian made HF Dual Mig 131 that I still have. Welding wire made all the difference in the world with that rig. The Vulcan brand is like night and day from their old $hit. I thought the welder was garbage until I put a spool of that new Vulcan wire in there, it was almost like I was welding with gas with the flux wire. hardly any spatter. so the consumables are a very big part of the system. Stay safe.