[AT] Arc Welding ?

Clint D driggars at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 10 18:12:17 PST 2004


Dave

I have bought two off ebay and both work good, the headband, etc is nothing
to brag about, but overall not bad for in the 40-50 bux range

Clint


----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Laughead Jr." <daljr at bright.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Arc Welding ?


> I see they have auto darkening hemlets on ebay fairly cheap. If anyone
knows
> the qaulity of these units. This could be a to get one affordably.
>
> Dave Laughead
> Arcanum, Ohio
>
>
> ----- 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"
> >
> > I am the list owner of the following public email lists:
> > Allis_Chalmers
> > Budget_muzzleloading
> > Cheap-Shelters
> > Cheapcomputer
> > Cheapcritters
> > CheapPower
> > FrugalFunWoodworking
> > FrugalRuralLiving
> > NoNonsenseHorse
> > Smallfarmshop
> > truck-blab
> >
> > Some are pretty quiet, some are very busy. Member counts range from 32 to
> 570.
> > All are on Yahoo Groups and can be found with a search at:
> > <http://groups.yahoo.com>
> >
> > Also a newly created one called "100 Acre Farming" targeting folks who
> > operate farms from about 75 acres to 150 acres. Those are not iron clad
> > numbers. Midwestern farms in this class require a full line of farm
> > equipment unlike much smaller farms but have only a little in common with
> > the much larger farms common today.
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > robinson at svs.net
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