[AT] Arc Welding ?

[charlie hill]

Farmer,  look around on the internet.  Those things are a LOT cheaper than 
they used to be.

Charlie
----- 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
>>
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>         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
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