Jayl For cutting pipe it depends on wall thickness and outside diameter..for smallbore under 2" and less than 3/16 wall thickness You can get by with hand cutter...don't waste your money on anything less than a RIDGID hand cutter...on bigger pipe use a porta-band or chopsaw either one works...
GeorgiaHybrid Thanks for the photos, I used to "Work Iron" on permit when "Fittin" was slow had to have iron up first to hang pipe...Used a Miller 350 today welding steam lines...You'll be happy with blue machine...
Georgia Hybrid In the construction industry "heavy industrial" the blue machine has one of the best reputations and is used in conditions you can't believe...Miller has features and options for any application...Go with blue machine... UA PIPEFITTER 40 yrs
Tethers are attached to many types of tools when working overhead, usually in operating plants,nukes,coal burners,steel mills,petro chem. We use them in the Pipefitting Industry mostly over operating machinery...
Doug " Stick " with ac/dc the blue machine is my choice....You can always add tig and mig later...Spend the extra money for good electrodes like Lincoln 5p+ 6010 and Esab [atom arc] 7018 lo-hy...remember cleaning and prep is part of weldin also...