Go to the store, inventory the shop first for consumables or something you need/want.
I still have a HFT rebate/class-action gift card I haven't used, $260. I keep looking at the welders. I have an 'open-box' HFT flux-core wire-feed welder I bought off the returns table, it's paid for itself many times over. I think it was $35. It was all-there.
It's like 'Habitat for Humanity,' you have-to keep going to see what comes-into inventory.
The Vulcan Omnipro 220 and the Titanium 200 amp multi-process welder are the two which look to be of interest. I'd just be using it for around the house stuff, but I'd like to be able to use it for aluminum, as I like to work on old motorcycles. Their current sale has the latter for $650, which would put it to me for ~$400. I suppose the advantage of the Titanium 200 amp is that it's 120/240 volts, though I do have a 240 volt, 50 amp circuit in the garage, and several 240 volt, 20 amp or 30 amp too. The Omnipro 220 has a 25 % duty cycle at 200 amps for GMAW/FCAW.
If you're capable of buying things at HFT without wearing headgear like the Unknown Comic, I would look online for what you need, and put the coupons on your phone before you go, and don't forget your free gift coupon!
