[TheForge] didymium glasses?

[Doug Ayen]

Thus Spake Chuck Robinson (robi5515 at bellsouth.net):
> Get a face shield that has both didymium-variant filter and a gold foil 
> vacuum deposited coating and you will have X-Ray vision and almost total IR 
> protection. Pricey but better than anything else I have used.
> Chuck 
> 

I have one of these, and while they are expensive (was making more back
then) they do work very well. Also good for casting operations where you
need to peek into the melt.

One hitch, the gold plating is very delicate, and just about any
abrasive will remove it. 

--doug