[TheForge] Anyone own one of these? Opinions?

[Larry and Pat Brown]

I have one of these also and I recommend them. I did some heat damage to an 
earlier version of the helmet tig welding a bronze sculpture but they have 
changed the design some and I'm happy with the second one also(First one is 
still in use also). Auto dark is great for tig or for those of us with bad 
discs in the neck, from twenty years of leather aprons and nodding with 
heavy helmets.
Larry Brown

At 05:50 PM 1/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a Jackson Master model auto darkening helmet which has variable shade
>and also settings for using it as a grinding shield or burning shield.  I
>wouldn't be able to weld without it. I too cannot get the "nod" right.  I
>mainly work with tig so it is very helpful.  I bought it about a year and a
>half ago for $275.
>
>The rating is supposed to 1/25,000 of a second which is probably the most
>important thing to look for in a auto helmet.
>
>Bill Futer