snowman, You may already know about this but http://www.searchtempest.com is a good tool for searching craigslist. I've been shopping around for welding machines for a while, waiting for a deal and it is peak season for guys to be posting up their toys(car&garage related) for sale per the request of the women who must be obeyed. I havn't seen this much movement on CL in the past couple months or so welding machine wise. G'luck with your project.