Welcome gusco, sounds like a plan. You can check out the various forums here to see where best to post all these questions. Try the tool chest, for instance, about a welder.
There are quite a few here from the lone star state, you even have a separate forum, the Texas bolters.
Good luck with your progress and maybe you can get a pic or two posted.
Leo
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