[TheForge] Automatic welding lens

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Absolutely can't live without my Optrel. I am spoiled rotten.

They definitely do NOT like being dropped. I dropped mine on the concrete and the glass cracked. MY weld supplier replaced it, as it was still "under warranty".

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

> 
> From: Woolley <wjande at erols.com>
> Date: 2005/01/04 Tue PM 09:12:48 EST
> To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] Automatic welding lens
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Just thought I would engage anyone on the fence about buying an 
> automatic welding lens.  I thought I would never have much use for one 
> until a couple of stair railing jobs ago it dawned on me that it might 
> be more than useful for welding/tacking pickets to bottom/top rails 
> without having to lower and raise my shield everytime I moved my 
> electrode 4 inches. ( I had been using 6010 to tack, then finish with 
> either the same rod or 7018 since I don't have a decent MIG machine)  I 
> probably should be using my 110 volt MIG for this but can't seem to get 
> in the groove of turning to it for this application. Anyway, having the 
> automatic lens has greatly eased the process of making these simple 
> railings.  The fact that I can start and stay with 7018 is a blessing. 
> (Since I don't have to mess with my shield, the rod end never fully 
> cools in between stops and starts, thus making the problem of restarting 
> this rod cold without sticking all but solved)  I like the appearance 
> and control I am used to with this rod.  I looked at most of what was 
> currently available in a  mid to high quality lens before I chose a 
> Jackson NexGen which came with their Shadow shield (sorry I just can't 
> call it a helmet), which  spec wise is pretty much state of the art, 
> American made, available on line for $275 total.  I was looking into a 
> Jackson EQC Master which was $240 but decided to go the extra mile to 
> gain a larger viewing area (lens size).  For what it's worth, I thought 
> for a long time that it would be a frivolous purchase, or a luxury to 
> have one, but from just a couple weeks of  use I can tell that it is 
> going to be a valuable tool for me to have in the shop.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
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