Hey jesse one tip for your welding would be use your other hand to contact the material and use it as an anchor. Your hands will be more stable that way.
Never done welding, the closest I have come to "something similar" is soldering and yeah it's insanely difficult. People on RU-vid with experience do make it seem effortless...
title could be interpreted both ways lol. if you switch the usage of 'for' in the title: "I made a $100 table for $1000." As in someone commissioned you $1000 to do it, but the value of the table was $100. "I made a $100 table for $1000." As in you spent $1000 on this table and it's worth $100.
Unfortunately not, I wouldn't sell this table for more than like a hundred bucks but all the tools and equipment used far exceeded a hundred. Thanks though, I appreciate it :D