You may be just as well off to hit one of the welding supply houses and do a lifetime lease on an oxygen bottle. If you do decide to buy one, make sure that is has been inspected. Sometimes people will sell one that has a lapsed inspection and you will lose out the first time you try to get it refilled. Do you know what size you are wanting/needing?
I don't expect to really use much, but I would go with a large bottle just to go longer between refills. I am thinking of 250 to 330 cu ft.
If you plan on using propane or mapp gas, you will need a torch with a propane/mapp gas mixing chamber and also the two piece cutting tips.
I just ordered 0, 00, and 000 for my Victor CA1350 cutting attachment.
What size welding lead do you need and how much? I have some laying around I could maybe let go of. How far will you be working away from your welding machine?
I plan to put the welding machine right at the corner of my garage beside the garage door. I have some stingers with 10 foot leads, but that seems pretty tight. And I don't have a ground lead yet. What's a good size, maybe 1/0?
What kind of welding other than tig will you be doing? What kind of machine do you have? do you need any tig equipment?
I have a Miller Dialarc, and two wire feeders (Lincoln SP250 & SP100). I should have all the TIG gear to last a lifetime, except for the ceramic piece that goes around the electrode. I have only a few of those. Since I have a lot of stick rod (maybe 300 pounds?) I might as well use that too. From what I read, the Miller is pretty nice for stick welding too.
Check around on the leads and se what the prices are. They have really gone up in the last few years.
I am sure I would be horrified to see the current prices. I am wondering if it would work to make extensions out of ordinary (not so flexible) wire and use real welding cable for the last 10 feet.
Just to fill in the rest of the story, I have no welding experience at all. But in the last few years, I have sometimes wished I could do this or that, and when my father passed I inherited nearly all of his gear. Now I just have to get it all working.
Thanks!