Anyone with a little welding experience? I need to finally take the dive and start some simple welding. What advice might you give to this old newb? While I have welded in a shop class many decades ago but, I do not claim to recall much of anything I learned back then. I guess MIG might be the way to go to weld an occasional steel frame, fabricate a rack, a trailer, my garden gate, etc. Yes?

Since I'd figure only to use this once every couple of months or so, I can't look to pro quality (nor does my bank account). That said, I also appreciate that a good quality tool might save some time and frustration for this neophyte. Would you agree? Or is a Harbor Freight 90 amp thing of good enough quality to get my simple jobs done? I only want to fix and fabricate better than nuts, bolts, bailing wire, duct tape and hot glue.

HF? Lincoln? Hobart? Anyone?

Thanks for any wisdom.