[AT] Arc Welding ?

[two4ac at earthlink.net]

I had the chance to use one a while back and trust me buying one would be
money well spent.

David D. Gibson
1941 Allis Chalmers B
1942 Allis Chalmers C
1947 Allis Chalmers C
1948 Allis Chalmers C
1972 Allis Chalmers Homesteader
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Arc Welding ?


> At 06:14 PM 11/10/04, you wrote:
> >Hi Robert!  I'm a long ways from being a pro welder, but I do a lot of
> >"farmer" welding (not pretty sometimes but never a failed weld).  I've
> >used a friend's welding helmet that had a regular shade lens in addition
> >to a magnifying lens.  I didn't like it at all.  I just wear my $1.00
> >reading glasses under the helmet and see good.   What really helps is a
> >500 watt halogen work light overhead.    John
> >
>
>
>
>
>          I don't have much trouble seeing well enough, "yet" but I have
> noticed that many of the new welding rods that I buy shake a lot worse
than
> the old ones I bought years ago did. I would love to have one of those
self
> darkening helmets but probably not this year.
>
> "farmer"
>
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>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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