Need help with minor welding - Vancouver WA/Portland OR area

$450 plus freight both ways? Not much more to be in a 130A machine with a tank of gas and have it when it comes time to do connectors, patches etc. There's enough resources on youtube, welding sites, and here to get somebody who's seriously trying to learn going. The settings chart inside the lid is a good starting point and you're not going to burn up a 10 lbs of wire and a 40lb cylinder before you can pull beads.