[AT] Arc Welding ?

[John Wilkens]

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



At 02:41 PM 11/10/2004, you wrote:
>In my older age I have to wear reading glasses to see anything up close. My
>arms are not long enough anymore.
>Question is can I buy a # 10 shade lense that will magnify to what my
>reading glasses are, they are about a 2.25 magnification for my arc welding
>helment so I won't have to wear my reading glasses when I weld (not very 
>often )
>
>Thanks,
>Robert Mull
>Woodstock, Georgia
>
>
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