would have to be welding a bunch of the right kind of aluminum parts
to be worth the effort to use a spool gun.

biggest thing you need is enough power to get the puddle quickly.
things like using stainless steel backing also helps.
inverter machines weld a little different then transformer machines.
on thin stuff you can ofttimes do outside corned with out filler.
if you do AC pulse it can give a nice pattern

one thing is running AC is noisy compared to doing steel and other DC