What Welder to buy, I show my ignorance inside! Options

[Hawktel]

Okay I figure might as well take the plunge, and buy a welder.

I know nothing about welding. I've never welded anything. I think I understand the basic principle. But if you were to blow a couple hundred bucks, to have a portable weilder setup, just work on cars, what would you get?

I was considering this little unit off ebay.

Ebay Welder link

Specifically, I'd want to use it to replace the battrey shelf, some trunk rust repair, and replace some brackets for the floods and such.

If you wouldn't use the above, what would you use?

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[Sammy]

Uhhhhmmmm,
A stick welder and a wire feed welder are both MIG welders.
They are also both electric arc welders.

For sheet metal you want a gas shielded wire feed welder.
Flux core wire feed MIGs are known for excessive splatter and welds that are not as clean or pretty but are usually cheaper to buy.

For heavier stuff (and for experts) stick MIG welders are fine. They are even less money that a flux core welder.

BTW I love Harbor freight tools but the biggest dissapointment I've had there so far was the flux core wire feed MIG I bought from them. It is 120 vac and is just about useless. I would not recommend buying a chicago electric welder.

I have a miller ar work and it works very well.
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