[TheForge] autodarkening helmet and other thoughts

[Woolley]

Dave Mudge wrote:
> I am glad that people are learning to weld well.
> I am on what is perhaps a one man crusade, but I will go with it anyway.
> The pricey thing that you wear over your face to protect your face and
> eyes from all of the nasty
> stuff that happens as a result of good welding, is a "shield" rather
> than a "helmet".
> A "shield" by it's very name and nature, does just that. It "shields"
> one from harmful rays and heat etc.
> A "helmet" goes over one's head to protect it from falling stuff and
> from bumping into things.
> I realize that even the folks that make the product have begun to call
> it a "helmet" but
> a helmet it is not. A lot like "duck tape" rather than "duct tape" it
> is a misnomer.
> So please, if not for the sake of proper English then for respect of
> the tens of thousands of welders
> that have gone before you, call it a "shield".
>
>   
I cant tell you how many times I've wanted to say that.  Thanks