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I think the fixture tables are pretty handy even for one-off builds, because they make it easier to set up stuff flat and square in all three dimensions. I've used a small (18"x36") table with perimeter clamping space for some time now; I'm really looking forward to a larger welding/fab table...

We'd have left them in place, but they were too close to our new house. I think we have some that are at least 3 feet in diameter. In the Pacific Northwest we get lots of rain, which they seem to like. Here's a Western Red Cedar from the Olympic Peninsula, which gets 10x our 30 inches a year.

The other thing you may find useful - reading glasses. For those of you 45+, you'll know what I'm talking about.... I normally wear progressive lenses, but they're difficult to weld with, since lining up the right portion of the auto darkening lens and the glasses and my eye and the welding arc...

I finally remembered I took some pictures of my log arch in action: I definitely want to add a upside down V at the front to restrain the log from twisting from side to side, but I managed to move 14 cedar logs like this; they're stacked clear of the ground, ready for milling into rough...

Yup.... found a 150 lbs barbell set as scrap and bolted it to my home-built hitch attachment.... now the FEL on my B5100 doesn't can pick up more w/o lifting the rear wheels ;)

Yes, indeed. You don't need to quench it; the surrounding metal will cool the weld very nicely. If you weld on one side and it bends (because the metal shrinks after it hardens), weld about the same amount on the other side to reverse the effect. - Bart

<first project post> I need to move some downed cedar logs around on our place in WA; these are slated for heavy lumber for some outdoor projects such benches, raised bed planters, etc To that end I've been spending some of our Covid time in California welding up a log arch that I can winch up...

I'd buy a used Lincoln stick welder from Craiglist or similar if you have 220VAC 50A (will work for most jobs at 30A) available. Simple. cheap. low cost to run, and you can sell it what you paid for it if you end up not using it enough. - Bart