[Butt Craic]

Many moons ago, I worked as a boiler maker to pay my way through the end of high school and my university degree. I haven't done any welding since but having changed jobs a couple of years back, I now have a lifestyle where I've got more time to play with these sort of things again.

I've read some of the posts on face masks, etc and I know that there are plenty of people on here who are magicians at fab work. I am hoping that we can tap into your experiences and perhaps use this thread as a way of putting some suggestions as to what people have / recommend for the average Jeeper wanting to do some basic fab work. I'm not talking DIY structural engineering (rollbars, towbars, etc), just the basic sort of things that people can start out and build up their skills with.

What welders would you recommend?
What other tools are useful in a basic kit? Grinders? Drill Press?
Etc . . .


Over to the experts!