[TheForge] Auto darkening helmet

[ries]

Its true.
I actually have a hard hat with a welding shield attached, for certain job sites where hardhats are required, so its both. Harder to flip up and down, though- you knock the whole hardhat off your head if you arent careful.


ries



On Jun 1, 2011, at 5:26 AM, woolley wrote:

I've made my living first and foremost as a boilermaker/welder and 
couldn't agree with you more. My shields, automatic or not, are not helmets.




On 6/1/2011 1:24 AM, dave m wrote:
> I too have used the auto darkening shield for years and could not  get along without it.
> BUT,,, I have an issue with calling the thing that SHIELDS one's face and eyes from the light and heat of the arc a HELMET.....
> Even the people that sell them call them helmets but that is incorrect. A helmet protects one's head from bumps and falling objects
> but won't do much to protect one's eyes. (unless one takes it off and uses it as a shield) haha
> A shield does a fine job of blocking the rays and heat of the arc but won't protect you from a falling object.
> I know that this is not an important issue, but for a group of folks that know the difference between iron and steel and
> might get upset for using the wrong term there. I have a pet-peeve about calling the thing a helmet and ask for your support
> in educating folks about the correct terminology. Long live the SHIELD !!!
> Down with Helmets and Duck Tape.
> 
> stepping down from my soap box now
> 
> 
> dave mudge
> davemudge.freeservers.com
> magichammer.freeservers.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Bob Ehrenberger<eforge at centurytel.net>
>> To: theforge<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:55 PM
>> Subject: [TheForge] Auto darkening helmet
>> 
>> I just got my first auto darkening welding helmet.  Wow, what a difference
>> it makes. I welded up a bunch of stuff it was so easy to start the weld at
>> just the right place.  Having the adjustable darkness let me get it so I
>> could easily see the piece being welded.  My old helmet was so dark that all
>> I could see was the arc itself.
>> 
>> I had been planning on getting one for several years, but just never got
>> around to it. I only arc weld to make jigs and fixtures so nothing that my
>> customers sees.
>> 
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>> 
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