Even a thief needs the right equipment and the knowledge of how to use them to be successful. IMO if the welder was free you would still require a pipe bender, drill press, and a crash course on how to use it all. I am like you. I would love to learn how to use the Tig. I have a portable Lincoln stick welder and access to a Mig and I can put two pieces of steel together but that is about as far as it goes. I have an aquaintance that built a 24' or so aluminum cat boat and did it all with a Mig. I think you need a spool gun attachment to use the mig on aluminum. The cost of the anodized aluminum is pretty steep to be making many trial pieces too. Factor in the cost of those do-overs and it gets real expensive. The advice fo fab it up and take it to a pro seems sound to me.
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