"JG2U" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:19:31 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On 12/29/2007 6:23:54 PM, JG2U wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:09:42 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:


Only for the pansy stuff. I did the boilers.

--Vic

Yeah? Can you weld? I need someone to give me some pointers on MIG
welding.


Let me know if you need any help. Welding is one of the subjects that I
teach.

Let me restate what another poster said. GET A GOOD WELDING HELMET. You
can actually "sun burn" yourself with MIG. The last things you want to try
to
tan are your eyes...


Thanks, Gene. Of course I do want to protect my eyes. I had read
several positive "reviews" for the auto-darkening helmet that Northern
Tool sells for about $50, so I bought one. The pro welder that I
talked to said that helmet would be OK, but for me to be aware that
the way they usually fail is for the lense to gradually get lighter,
so it sneaks up on you. He did say that his $250 helmets do the same
thing, they are just more comfortable and physically hold up better to
heavy use.

The cheap helmets take a long time to darken. Up to a 1/4 second on some.
My Tilman does in in about 1/25,000 of a second.