Quote Originally Posted by MuttonHawg View Post
Agreed. I'd had it drilled into me that HF was the cheapest stuff around, but sometimes you find something that the quality isn't TOO bad. But when I went looking at stick welding electrode, it was actually cheaper (per pound, that is) at Home Depot. It ... like ... totally blew my mind, man!
I was also shocked at HF stick price and at HD they have name brand sticks at lower prices.

Last time I purchased a 44 lb spool of wire at my LWS it was 1.02 per lb because they were trying to get rid of some left over wire that was typically purchased by a bridge fabrication company. 44.88 + tax for 0.035 mig wire was an awesome deal.