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Califbill

KC wrote:
On 12/26/2013 11:22 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:14:14 -0500, KC wrote:

Thanks... I won't buy the HF one... Still, I have a hobart goggles with
permanent lens and it says #5... I am not sure what "#5" lens signifies?
Could of course Google, but if you got a quick
explanation/reccomendation, go with it? The hobarts I got allow for lens
changes...

The number is the shade. I prefer something in the 11-12 range for my
stick machine. I don't think I would do any kind of arc welding with a
#5. That is more like a gas shade.

What about a MiG wire feed? Or is that one of the ones you mentioned above?

MIG is still in the 11-10 range.