Entry level AC/DC tig welder

I’m an apprentice fabricator, at work we mostly do heavy pipe work and manufacture chassis for rail grinders. In my spare time I want to get as much time behind the hood welding aluminium as possible. I’m running out of my garage on a standard 10 amp socket. My budget is around $1600. I came to metal work forums for advice as I haven’t had much luck finding information anywhere on welders purchasable through Australian retailers. At work I run a miller delta weld 602 with a 60 series wire feeder for all mig/flux core applications and a Kemppi mastertig (definitely can’t afford one of those) for tig applications so my boss/guys I work with can only really give me advice on higher end machines. I’m looking for a pulse machine with foot pedal compatibility. Some of the machines I’ve been looking at so far are,
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https://www.tradetools.com/product-r...yABEgKz4PD_BwE
https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/un...ig200acdc.html
https://www.boc.com.au/shop/en/au/bo...octig200acdc-p
https://www.totaltools.com.au/111558...welder-acdc200
https://www.totaltools.com.au/105750...-torch-k690214
https://bilba.com.au/products/transt...SABEgI8RPD_BwE

Any information on any of these machines or similar machines would be greatly appreciated, as I said I’ve looked everywhere and I’m struggling to find any thorough info on these machines.
Thank you all.


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