well were can i beguine i started welding in 1982 did basic panel prep and just started to touch on the welding as the company went bust any how decided as i have a Renault traffic that was costing me alot of monie in welding to pick up the torch again but this machine coughs and splutters the wire out it seems to speed up then slow down unlike the mac i used to use years ago it also stops then decides to start when it feels like perhaps this is the thermal cut out i have heard of through reading the listings on hear any help any person can give me on this machine would be appreciated i do sitll have the old mac but it stopped working e wire feed two years ago cheers colin