[Jerry Clayton]

sign up for a welding course at a junior college---you'll get to use all kinds of equip and then you can make up your mind--you probably could do the pipes there as a project and get the instructor or an advanced student to help

If you buy a welder for a home shop/garage---get a 220volt/ 60 amp input as most garage / house wiring won't take the higher power units---the 120 inputs are a joke