[TheForge] Re: goggles f/brazing question

Sun Nov 9 10:05:01 2003

For what it's worth, you can  request that your eye glass supplier make what
is called industrial bi-focal, where they grind the lens up side down.
I have heard that you can even get lenses with the near vision grind both on
top and at the bottom, and distance in the middle band.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:19 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: goggles f/brazing question


>
> John> The problem is age. My eyesight isn't what it used to be and I
> John> wear bi-focal work glasses. Can anyone suggest goggles that fit
> John> over glasses?
>
> Dave> Your friendly welding supply house should have full face shields
> Dave> available in various brazing / cutting shades -- a number 2 or 3
> Dave> for example.
>
> I use a tinted face shield as Dave suggested.  One problem that I've
> hit occurs with both clear (grinding) and tinted (gas
> braze/welding/cutting) shields.  My shop is poorly heated in cold
> weather.  If I tilt my head back a bit to see through the lower part
> of bifocals, that tilts the shield away, opening a path for hot bits
> to bounce upward under the shield.  If I tilt the shield down tightly,
> that puts it too close to my face and it promptly fogs up.
>
> I have a pair of the clip-on flip-up magnifying glasses sold so that
> you can look at a computer screen through the tops of your bifocals.
> I have these on all the time in the shop.  If I flip them down, I can
> look at close work through the tops of my bifocals, the shield doesn't
> have to come down as far and bingo!  Less fogging.  Less crick in the
> neck too.  I haven't quite mastered the arc welder's shield nod with
> this arrangement.  If I get any amount of arc welding to do I'd go for
> one of the high tech instant darkening jobs.
>
> I also wear a sports band to keep the glasses from sliding down my
> nose.
>
> The whole thing is a terrific PITA.  Oh, well, except for the fact
> that I can see what I'm doing, of course. :-)
>
> - Mike
>
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