I'll have to try arc burning a hole sometimes (on purpose) - that sounds like a useful technique. Guess I'll save my money to buy a plasma and an air compressor because I want to stay away from doin' the empty cylinder shuffle as much as I can.

I'm going to use the table for a while and see if I need to make it rigid at the top.

Overall I'm pretty tickled that I've gone from sow's ear to silk purse and my HF cracker box will TIG weld now. If there just was a TIG welder around here now ...