Yea I don't have my own welder....
I use the one at school when its not busy or I go to Toronto to use my buddies...
Take a grinder/dremel to the welds after and clean them up...Thats what I do, you can hardly see the welds at all after. Of course you will want to chamfer each edge to get propper penetration though. Any shop should be able to do it for $10 or so.
