Weld for a man and he will pester you often, teach a man to weld and never be pestered again.
I have been welding for40 years now, owned a shop welding anything that came in the door, I sold all the machines exept one lathe, one mill, and two welders.
You can do so much with a good welder, and marginal skills. If you buy one, spend a little and get something like a miller sd180, you can stick weld and tig, there will be little you can't do and will cost about 1600.00 a little high I know, but you will love it more than anything you have ever bought yourself.