Originally Posted by JAZZCNC >> Not strictly true, with the correct setup and a skill full welder then even a cheap welder can give excellent welds on thick material without too much pulling or distorting as you can see on these pictures of machine we made, one is 5mm plate onto 10mm done with a Cheap £150 180A Ebay Mig, the other is this base frame with some long welds on10mm plate.
I was just trying to keep his chin up, now you have posted them pics up JonnyFive will have an inferiority complex

atb Mike.