[TheForge] Cheap Autodarkening Welding Helmet.

Sat Aug 9 17:55:01 2003

With cheap helmets with a slow switching time you can blink your eyes as you
strike the arc to prevent flash burn.
Chuck
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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cheap Autodarkening Welding Helmet.


> I  don't take your comments as insulting.   I don't disagree, my normal
> helmet is an american brand.  I say brand, since god knows where
> anything is really made anymore.  Too many "made in america" products
> seem to be more snapped together in america, by illegal labor.     I
> wouldn't suggest anyone here entertain these for daily welding or if
> they are using high amperages.   I bought mine as a spare, since I don't
> want to have a lot of money tied up in an extra helmet I hope to not
> have to use.  Also, there was some mention a while back about using an
> autodarkening rig for forge welding, where these units may be
> appropriate as well, considering that so many people use nothing other
> than ordinary safety glasses for forge welding now (if that).   I bought
> didium glasses years ago when that seemed the best thing to do.  I
> typically wear them under a gas welding goggle( the boxy kind that take
> shields of the same size as helmets).   I started this when gas welding
> aluminum, and have used it for any major forge welding as well, since.
>
>  I debated posting on the Harbor Freight helmets in the first place, but
> decided it might be of value to some.  There was no ringing endorsement
> in my post for this very reason, simply that I had previously bought the
> $69 version and after a brief tryout it seemed to work ok.   After an
> hour or so using the helmet, I did not have any noticable eye strain,
> the helmet kicked in appropriately, and the shade level (adjustable) was
> consistent.  That being said, I understand and support your cautionary
> statements since the ability to reason is the only thing I value more
> highly that the ability to see.
>
> Charles
>
>
> A. Vida wrote:
>
> >[email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I just noticed that Harbor Freight has a couple of their autodarkening
> >>hemets on clearance pretty cheap:
> >>
> >> I'm not trying to insult anyone here, but just
> >> pointing out that eyesight is, at least for me, a precious
> >> thing and if the best helmet cost me $1000, I would pay it
> >> in a heartbeat if I felt it better preserved my vision.
> >>
> >> Some things are NOT worth saving a dollar on.  Not to me,
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >>
>
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