It looks as if you got yourself a wire feed; kind of a hot glue gun for metal. A great toy. Around here metal fabrication shops sell their scrap by the pound and will let you pick through the pile. Some scrap metal dealers will let you wander if you chat them up a bit. Bicycle shops have some interesting scrap and may be willing to give it to you. Automotive repair shops are also a good source. Good luck.

Hi Blindstar ! Yes -- this is a "hobby welder " ....! If I master this - I can buy the "big boy's toys! "

I can't thank you for your suggestions. We have a metal fabricating shop right near me - I See the guys eating lunch outside all the time. Now's my chance to bake some goodies for a bribe and chat them up !!! LOL

~~~~ Thanks again ~~~~~ Kathy

Congratulations on your new passion.
I have a tip for you. Keep those vehicles further away, you'd be dismayed by how far spatter can go. And glass windows will be embedded further yet by that grinder.
Always know where the sparks are going!

OMG, i didn't know you learned to weld. Way cool women. I love my welding. Soon you will have more toys to play with.
I'm lucky for metal as i get it from a metal warehouse. They sell all kinds of metal.
Oh i wished you lived closer we could have a blast together.