Auto darkining helmet.

[old]

if you would have used, and kept the auto darkening helmet down when you weren't welding, you may not of got flashed. just a thought

I did keep it down and got flashed so many times I was in the hospital about once a week

As always, I’m obliged to point out that this is nonsense. Getting flashed, if you did, working at an aluminum dock factory in the Ozarks probably has more to do with the fact that you weren’t wearing safety glasses than the hood you imagine you were wearing.

I’ve had three or four of them, the Speedglas make is the cadillac, but I like the Optrel ones as well.

#1 this was Galva Foam Marine we welded STEEL dock sections.
#2 the auto dark helmets had just come out so the technology was brand new so they didn't work well
#3 we we standing should to shoulder so the guy next to you could start welding but your helmet would not go dark.
#4 safety glasses where not something we didn't wear but they where clear not shaded
This was back in the early 90s

 

[zuhnc]

I have a Miller that has about 20 years on it. Great shield; but, I bought a new, digital true color, large lens style. I can't remember the brand, off hand. Four times a good as the Miller. Using it for TIG welding is like using crayons in a coloring book. Outstanding clarity and color. MIG and stick welding is a lot easier with it, as well.

Speedglas is the top-of-the-line, but at near $1,000 for one, a little out of my (hobbyist) price range! This new one was about $200.00.

 

[wh]

Check amazon. They even show basic model for $275.

 

[ratface]

Bought this one last year. its a great value, 27 percent off right now and it has replaceable batteries, good clarity and good size screen and also accepts a cheater lens for eyesight, and its a Lincoln

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KSBG3DF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[docmirror]

Bought this one last year. its a great value, 27 percent off right now and it has replaceable batteries, good clarity and good size screen and also accepts a cheater lens for eyesight, and its a Lincoln

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KSBG3DF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Mine is getting old and a bit foggy. I could repl the outer lens, but I think I'm going to move up to this one. Likely has better clarity and contrast. Te 2.00 diopter lens is neat as well. That would let me leave my bifocals off when welding and just find a good distance medium for the magnifier. No way I'm dropping >$500 for a casual welder. These are safe enough. If I welded every day...

 

[old]

As always, I’m obliged to point out that this is nonsense. Getting flashed, if you did, working at an aluminum dock factory in the Ozarks probably has more to do with the fact that you weren’t wearing safety glasses than the hood you imagine you were wearing.

I’ve had three or four of them, the Speedglas make is the cadillac, but I like the Optrel ones as well.

Well if I didn't get flashed why did I end up in the E.R. 4 plus times due to having my eyes burn due to a auto dark helmet not going dark when the guy next to me started to weld. As i said this happened with helmets that had just came out as in they where new and never tried before in assemble line welding

 

[Janicholson]

Well if I didn't get flashed why did I end up in the E.R. 4 plus times due to having my eyes burn due to a auto dark helmet not going dark when the guy next to me started to weld. As i said this happened with helmets that had just came out as in they where new and never tried before in assemble line welding

I was also a non believer. Until 10 years ago and a $100.00 Hobart helmet. Teaching welding to 4 or 5 students at a time is so much easier than trying to assure students are looking where I am demonstrating and are protected. (0% of the flashes I have taken in the past have been from fumbling with the helmet holding things and striking an arc. The new helmets are so (adjustably) sensitive that the tiny starting micro arc darkens the view. Just won't do without now. Jim

 

[old]

I was also a non believer. Until 10 years ago and a $100.00 Hobart helmet. Teaching welding to 4 or 5 students at a time is so much easier than trying to assure students are looking where I am demonstrating and are protected. (0% of the flashes I have taken in the past have been from fumbling with the helmet holding things and striking an arc. The new helmets are so (adjustably) sensitive that the tiny starting micro arc darkens the view. Just won't do without now. Jim

That is the problem the helmet of today where not what they where in the late 80s early 90s when I had my eyes burned a number of times. You know hard it is to get help to get to the E.R. when you cannot see due to having your eyes burned?? I had it happen a few times and I was lucky I got dialing 911 was something I could do then have them call my parent to take me to the E.R.

 

[bc]

Mine is getting old and a bit foggy. I could repl the outer lens, but I think I'm going to move up to this one. Likely has better clarity and contrast. Te 2.00 diopter lens is neat as well. That would let me leave my bifocals off when welding and just find a good distance medium for the magnifier. No way I'm dropping >$500 for a casual welder. These are safe enough. If I welded every day...

That's a nice matte black one at 26% off for 126 bux right now. 6.3 sq in. And 9 to 13 shade with grind mode. Sure beats one with racing stripes like you are welding at the Daytona 500.

 

[Eman85]

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Have a friend that fabricates more than I do and he bought this helmet, been working well for about a year so far. I've had a Hobart for quite a while and it finally quit working. I bought a Harbor Freight cheapo and it worked OK to get by. I recently bought a Weldcote and it's great, world of difference with true color and a larger lens. https://weldcote.com/welding-produc...ening-helmet&weld=&weldcote=Safety&gr=UV-Plus

 

[mjsnodgrass]

That is the problem the helmet of today where not what they where in the late 80s early 90s when I had my eyes burned a number of times. You know hard it is to get help to get to the E.R. when you cannot see due to having your eyes burned?? I had it happen a few times and I was lucky I got dialing 911 was something I could do then have them call my parent to take me to the E.R.

i've been flashed many times, mainly from reflections. i had a job one time where i had to wear a soft hood for 10 days straight. i hate those hoods now,, the worst part for me is going to bed knowing you may have been flashed and waiting for the sand to show up. people always asked me why i had canned milk in my bathroom haha.

 

[UAFitter]

I did keep it down and got flashed so many times I was in the hospital about once a week

#1 this was Galva Foam Marine we welded STEEL dock sections.
#2 the auto dark helmets had just come out so the technology was brand new so they didn't work well
#3 we we standing should to shoulder so the guy next to you could start welding but your helmet would not go dark.
#4 safety glasses where not something we didn't wear but they where clear not shaded
This was back in the early 90s

Sorry, I can't keep up with your ever-changing employment history. My mistake. I still say you're full of it- even clear safety glasses and, as it happens, autodark helmets that haven't darkened, block UV rays- and UV rays are what cause welder's flash. It is not, as some have said, due to the brightness of the light or the 1/25000 of a second that it takes to change.

 

[old]

Sorry, I can't keep up with your ever-changing employment history. My mistake. I still say you're full of it- even clear safety glasses and, as it happens, autodark helmets that haven't darkened, block UV rays- and UV rays are what cause welder's flash. It is not, as some have said, due to the brightness of the light or the 1/25000 of a second that it takes to change.

Well it did happen to me and I don't care if you believe me or not. As far as me working I live in an area where it is common to get laid off in the fall and to get unemployment one has ot look for a job so many times I would find another job and learn another trade. I've probably had over 30 jobs since I started working at the age of 12 and yes I started my first real job at 12 and paid taxes and S.S.

 

[old]

I was also a non believer. Until 10 years ago and a $100.00 Hobart helmet. Teaching welding to 4 or 5 students at a time is so much easier than trying to assure students are looking where I am demonstrating and are protected. (0% of the flashes I have taken in the past have been from fumbling with the helmet holding things and striking an arc. The new helmets are so (adjustably) sensitive that the tiny starting micro arc darkens the view. Just won't do without now. Jim

They maybe a lot better now but back when they first came out they didn't work well so I in turn got my eyes burned a number of times due to where and how we worked.

 

[bc]

They maybe a lot better now but back when they first came out they didn't work well so I in turn got my eyes burned a number of times due to where and how we worked.

Sounds like a race to me. Fast workers who strike their arc and start welding first wins and the slow workers have to deal with the arcs. Slowest worker gets flashed the most and fastest worker the least.

 

[old]

Sounds like a race to me. Fast workers who strike their arc and start welding first wins and the slow workers have to deal with the arcs. Slowest worker gets flashed the most and fastest worker the least.

As I said we where pretty much shoulder to shoulder plus the dock jig that help the parts in place to be welded had people on both sides shoulder to shoulder so you could get flashed by the guy next to you or the one standing across from you. At that time the auto dark helmets where new so thay had a lot of bugs that needed to be worked out

 

[drsportster]

Since the Miller and Lincoln are probably imported from China you might as well buy a 35 dollar H-F and get the same junk

 

[bc]

As I said we where pretty much shoulder to shoulder plus the dock jig that help the parts in place to be welded had people on both sides shoulder to shoulder so you could get flashed by the guy next to you or the one standing across from you. At that time the auto dark helmets where new so thay had a lot of bugs that needed to be worked out

Sounds like a weird production line setup. Do you have any pics of those docks online somewhere and then show how the welders are spaced? A line of welders would be welding a 24" bead each overlapping the welders on either side of you and then the line of welders would have to all get up and slide down to a new section of dock in unison. Just doesn't sound like a productive way to do things.

 

[old]

Sounds like a weird production line setup. Do you have any pics of those docks online somewhere and then show how the welders are spaced? A line of welders would be welding a 24" bead each overlapping the welders on either side of you and then the line of welders would have to all get up and slide down to a new section of dock in unison. Just doesn't sound like a productive way to do things.

These dock section could be as wide as 4ft and 20 foot long with cross braces about every 3 or 4 foot. so each person welded in the cross brace. The company that I worked for closed it doors back in the mid/late 90s.

 

[RedMVa]

As I said we where pretty much shoulder to shoulder plus the dock jig that help the parts in place to be welded had people on both sides shoulder to shoulder so you could get flashed by the guy next to you or the one standing across from you. At that time the auto

As I said we where pretty much shoulder to shoulder plus the dock jig that help the parts in place to be welded had people on both sides shoulder to shoulder so you could get flashed by the guy next to you or the one standing across from you. At that time the auto dark helmets where new so thay had a lot of bugs that needed to be worked out

As I said we where pretty much shoulder to shoulder plus the dock jig that help the parts in place to be welded had people on both sides shoulder to shoulder so you could get flashed by the guy next to you or the one standing across from you. At that time the auto dark helmets where new so thay had a lot of bugs that needed to be worked out

dark helmets where new so thay had a lot of bugs that needed to be worked out

So since the helmets were supposedly defective, everybody on the line must’ve been getting flashed all the time. Seems everybody would’ve been refusing to wear those helmets. How was any welding getting done ? And why wouldn’t you just wear a regular helmet if you were blaming it on the auto helmet? Oh never mind the answer will be you had to wear the company helmet