Recommend a welder! (Please!)

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My wife wanted to buy our new home’s previous owner’s welder- a very nice Lincoln unit- for me for Father’s Day. It was offered to us for $1,000 since they’re moving cross country and downsizing, but we were a day late on claiming it. :(

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So, what’s the best bang for your buck in the $1,000 and below category? I’m looking for 230v MIG, but I’m definitely open to multi process... I’m completely unfamiliar with TIG, but I’d love to play around with it. I know at that price range I’ll be limited, but I just want to move beyond the limitations of my current 115v flux core chicken poop dispenser.