First off let me describe my project. I have a 22’ skiff built with 3/16” aluminum. As it stands now it is pretty much a bare hull. I want to build a hard top center console, leaning post/bait tank, as well as adding a full plate deck. Most of my modifications will be using 1/8” to 3/16” aluminum and I will also need the capability of possibly welding 1/4”. I am probably looking at roughly 120-200 feet of weld.
When I was younger I did quite a bit of mig welding steel, never aluminum, and never tig. I have been interested in learning the tig process so it’s kind of a tossup on which to buy.

Either way I will need to learn how to weld again, so which would you guys recommend Tig or Mig for my current project? And what model?

Thanks in advance!