[TheForge] Re: Vision damage

Mon Jan 13 11:06:01 2003

Hey Shannell,
The advice I was given by a welder, who's opinion I value, is that If you
use an auto-darkening helmet often and strike 50 or more arcs a day you had
better blink your lids as you strike an arc.
I believe the faster the lens conversion the less dangerous this type of
helmet is to your eyes, but why take a chance.
When I weld up my bladesmithing anvils I generally work till I'm totally
exhausted. Now that I have learned to blink as a reflex action, my eyes feel
much better at the end of these sessions.
I firmly believe that vision like hearing loss is a cumulative hazard in
this kind of work .
Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Vision damage

> > I was also  trying to point out the danger to welders eyes from long
term
> > exposure to welding flash during the lag time for auto darkening welding
> > helmets to shift from light to dark mode.
>
> I dont think there is a danger in an auto helmet, my experience before my
> auto helm was every day I did a lot of welding Id always "flash" myself
> which is always quite annoying and takes a few minutes to recover from,
this
> never happens with my auto helmet so I figure Im way ahead. I think it
will
> take a lot of 1/25000th seconds to add up to one good dose of accidental
> flashing with a normal helmet. If you have some info to the contrary
though
> Id be interested as my eyes are very valuable to me, not least my night
> vision as Im an avid amature astronomer with only one good eye.
>
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