So...

Total Tools are having a pretty decent sale. I dropped by after work this arvo and had a look all the welders they've got on show.
Had a good chat to one of the blokes there, he tells me MIG is what I want for bodywork, and pointed me towards a CigWeld something-or-other.

MIG - good for thin steel? Gas keeps it cool so to not blow through?
TIG - For fancy stuff? Alloy's and that sorta stuff?
ARC - Better for thick metals, right?

I feel a bit overwhelmed by all the different lingo. I'd only be looking to do bodywork, rust repairs , occasional cool stuff (like making/altering little brackets n stuff)

I think the one he was recommending was CigWeld $600, 175amp (?) including a regulator. Told me smallish gas bottles are $130 (a year?) then $70 to refill it.

Gasless MIG welding is messier and harder to do right?

Before I started trying to burn holes in my cars I'd obviously have a good practice on some scrap... I'm looking into a TAFE (night?) course too.

Sorry for all the questions, but some of you guys like old as **** cars that rust... just like I (sorta) do. So figured you're the guys to ask!

TIA!

- Jace.