[Farmall] Auto Darkening Welding Helmets

[Mark]

I have a solar powered auto dark and I wouldn't have anything else. The auto 
dark feature, if you've never used it, makes welding much easier - and more 
comfortable than ever before. The battery powered units have a bad habit of 
flickering dark and light when the battery gets low - just not worth it. 
You'll of course want to make sure the shading can be adjusted to or is set 
at the correct level for the type of work you do (and your personal 
preference). My helmet adjusts from 6 to 14 and that makes it nice - I use 
it for plasma cutting, torch cutting as well as welding since I can adjust 
it lighter when needed. I'm not sure but I'm guessing the cheper units might 
have a slower reaction time as well. I believe my helmet changes in 
1/25000th of a second. If it's a slow change or reaction, that can mean 
flashes to your eyes and fatigue over time.

Just some thoughts and input.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RogerKIWI at aol.com>
To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:35 PM
Subject: [Farmall] Auto Darkening Welding Helmets


> Hi Guys and Guyettes
>
> Recent Harbor Freight catalogs have had listings for auto darkening 
> welding
> helmets as low as $50.
>
> http://order.harborfreight.com:80/EasyAsk/harborfreight/results.jsp?ts=Tue%20N
> ov%2023%2006:13:18%20PST%202004
>
> shows 12 such helmets (if that doesn't work, go to harborfreight.com and
> search for
>
> auto welding helmet
>
> in keywords.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with these things? Are they as good as the
> sound like they should be?
>
> And pitfalls? Advantages of Solar powered ones over non solar? I"m 
> presuming
> they have a battery in them, and the solar powered ones get auto recharged 
> and
> the others need the batteries changed?
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
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