All I have for a welding machine is a tractor supply $100 flux core mig piece,, I don't trust my life on that thing lol the expensive part comes from getting someone else to weld it for me,, and since there's no shops or anyone down here that I trust, I would be sending it to Arizona. So then there's shipping it both ways too ya know? I dunno, it'll happen eventually lol

You could always sell like 20 or 30 of your project bikes and go buy yourself a good welder. LOL

I am pretty happy with my tig-plasma combo I bought. I wasn't real sure about it, but it works great. It is a 250 amp ac/dc tig welder with a 60 amp plasma built in. I bought the everlast brand, because I found a bunch of videos reviewing it on weldingtipsandtricks.com. I don't remember exactly what it cost, but I think it was around $1600 for it and the water cooler, which is like half of what a 200 amp miller dynasty costs. We have several miller dynasties at work, and I feel like this is just as good of a welder for the most part.