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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 08 April 2009, 12:57:03
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With so-many bad stories concerning buying and selling on eBay...I`m just reporting a bit of really good service (for a change):
Bought a B.N.I.B Parweld XR914 auto-darkening welding headshield; `purchased late-yesterday as a B.I.N for £36. with '2nd class signed-for' postage incl.......it arrived this morning at 09.30 with a polite letter of 'thanks for the custom' inside.....what great service. :y
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If only more people could do that!
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i suppose it does help if your postman is linford christie ;D ;D
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Thats great, nice to hear a good outcome :y
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Didn't buy much on Ebay but everytime I bought something it was excatly like they said it will be.
This letter you received is actually quite nice
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
Untill they fail and you get a flash that is ::)
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
Untill they fail and you get a flash that is ::)
Mine fails safe, and darkens with no power, as I found when the battery started working loose. >:(
Certainly wouldn't go back to a manual mask. :y
Kevin
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
Untill they fail and you get a flash that is ::)
Interestingly, mine is dark when in the off position and requries volts to go light so fails safe (as it should really) :y
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
Untill they fail and you get a flash that is ::)
Mine fails safe, and darkens with no power, as I found when the battery started working loose. >:(
Certainly wouldn't go back to a manual mask. :y
Kevin
No neither would i, but i do know a couple of people who weld for a living and although they swear by them they have had them fail while in use so it does happen, still a great device though :y
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LOl, and a I bet none of us have ever tack welded by placing the torch where we want it, shutting our eyes and pulling the trigger. ::)
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LOl, and a I bet none of us have ever tack welded by placing the torch where we want it, shutting our eyes and pulling the trigger. ::)
You mean you dont do it like that then,sh1t ,i have been doing it wrong for the last 30 years then ;D
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LOl, and a I bet none of us have ever tack welded by placing the torch where we want it, shutting our eyes and pulling the trigger. ::)
Nope ::) ::) ::)
Confession time... I couldn't get on with a hand held mask and was too tight to buy an auto darkening so decided to try welding through squinted eyes and dark glasses :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
break me... Arc Eye hurts :o :o :'( :'(
I'll never be that stupid again ;) ;)
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LOl, and a I bet none of us have ever tack welded by placing the torch where we want it, shutting our eyes and pulling the trigger. ::)
no none of us would do that we ALWAYS use the correct procedure :-X
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i also learned the hard way :-[ was arc welding and ended up with
only 45% vision :o
Be warned if a mask is intended for mig welding this means
DONT use it for arc welding! :-/
Was knackered for about a week!
thankfully fully recovered :)
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ive done a load of welding on cars . with just the glass from the mask in tight places like under the wheel arch on the sills 8-) my eyes were ok but i had one hell of a tan on the rest of my face :D :D
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ive done a load of welding on cars . with just the glass from the mask in tight places like under the wheel arch on the sills 8-) my eyes were ok but i had one hell of a tan on the rest of my face :D :D
I'm not on my own then ;D ;D ;D
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
I`ve just been out and tried it; "fantastic"!!!! :y
Gone is all that vague 'hit and miss' poking about with the end of the electrode to get an arc strike in the "black as pitch" gloom that was the only view I had from my old 'fixed' welding mask.....
A result! :y
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..... as I found when the battery started working loose. >:( .......
We used to have one where I used to work that had a battery in it. They all seem to use solar panels these days, and if they are left for long periods in a dark cupboard can opps up the coin battery inside them. I 'relocated' an ESAB screen, and when it works it good. However, as I found out, it's best to 'charge it up' with a long blast of stick welding in front of the solar panel.
I found several references to the ESAB screens on tinterweb forums.
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Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!
I`ve just been out and tried it; "fantastic"!!!! :y
Gone is all that vague 'hit and miss' poking about with the end of the electrode to get an arc strike in the "black as pitch" gloom that was the only view I had from my old 'fixed' welding mask.....
A result! :y
You needed more practice 'nodding' with your old fixed screen! ;D ;D ;D
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..... as I found when the battery started working loose. >:( .......
We used to have one where I used to work that had a battery in it. They all seem to use solar panels these days, and if they are left for long periods in a dark cupboard can opps up the coin battery inside them. I 'relocated' an ESAB screen, and when it works it good. However, as I found out, it's best to 'charge it up' with a long blast of stick welding in front of the solar panel.
I found several references to the ESAB screens on tinterweb forums.
Well, mine (cheap and nasty from ebay :y) has a couple of AAA batteries and what looks like a solar panel. I believe the panel is just a sensor though.
Screen is fully darkened until you insert the batteries and press the "on" button whereby it lightens fully. It then darkens by a variable amount when it senses an arc. After a timeout with no arc it powers off to conserve the battery.
Kevin
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I got arc eye a few times when using the clamp round the head flick down type of shield, you get used to a nod of the head then start to weld, only sometimes the shield stays up in the air and you get a face full of arc !
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..... as I found when the battery started working loose. >:( .......
We used to have one where I used to work that had a battery in it. They all seem to use solar panels these days, and if they are left for long periods in a dark cupboard can opps up the coin battery inside them. I 'relocated' an ESAB screen, and when it works it good. However, as I found out, it's best to 'charge it up' with a long blast of stick welding in front of the solar panel.
I found several references to the ESAB screens on tinterweb forums.
Well, mine (cheap and nasty from ebay :y) has a couple of AAA batteries and what looks like a solar panel. I believe the panel is just a sensor though.
Screen is fully darkened until you insert the batteries and press the "on" button whereby it lightens fully. It then darkens by a variable amount when it senses an arc. After a timeout with no arc it powers off to conserve the battery.
Kevin
I must admit, I avoided the solar pwoered ones as I know mine will spend most of tis time in a cupboard and hence would be flt when I needed it!
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With so-many bad stories concerning buying and selling on eBay...I`m just reporting a bit of really good service (for a change):
Bought a B.N.I.B Parweld XR914 auto-darkening welding headshield; `purchased late-yesterday as a B.I.N for £36. with '2nd class signed-for' postage incl.......it arrived this morning at 09.30 with a polite letter of 'thanks for the custom' inside.....what great service. :y
Have you any specific work to do Debs.....................................or is it just to repair your old "colander "of a Miggy. ;) ;) ;) :y
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The Gnome prefers using the one I bought.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m302/CaptainZok/WELDING.jpg)
;D
Seriously they make the job so much easier, he won't use the old type now.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m302/CaptainZok/06060002.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Have you any specific work to do Debs.....................................or is it just to repair your old "colander "of a Miggy. ;) ;) ;) :y
;D I can`t quite see the road through the floor-pan of the "Pup-Mobile" just yet! ;D
Actually, I`m making a hydraulic log-splitter out of a 8" x 6ft. "H" RSJ, a 20 ton ram (salvaged from an old JCB digger) a 4-port spool valve and some hydraulic "O`s" ;D
It will be 3 point tractor-linkage mounted and should take all the back breaking (and soul destroying) maul-swinging labour out of my yearly 7 tonnes of firewood need. :y
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/CleverCollies/logsplitter.jpg)
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nice work shop debs that looks bigger than my house :y
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I can't weld for love nor money :-[. Tried it, I'm crap. Arc or Mig. I'm still proud my grassbox for mower has (mostly) held together...
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Blimey , is there anything you haven't got in that workshop Debs? Looks like a real nice Den ,
Take care
Dave :y
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nice work shop debs that looks bigger than my house :y
I thought that everybody was capable of MIG welding! :-? :y :y Press the trigger & away you go.
Try TIGing thin ally sheet, that's when you have fun! ;) ;) ;) ;)(and yes I can ;))
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very handy that two post car hoist i wish i could get one in my garage :'( im still using jacks and ramps very hard welding cars lying on yer back ;D ;D
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nice work shop debs that looks bigger than my house :y
I thought that everybody was capable of MIG welding! :-? :y :y Press the trigger & away you go.
Try TIGing thin ally sheet, that's when you have fun! ;) ;) ;) ;)(and yes I can ;))
now we are talking t i g welding best welding of all its clean no sparks its great :y :y
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now we are talking t i g welding best welding of all its clean no sparks its great :y :y
and some of these little inverter sets are getting quite afford-able :y :y
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now we are talking t i g welding best welding of all its clean no sparks its great :y :y
and some of these little inverter sets are getting quite afford-able :y :y
yes thats my next big purchase a inverter tig with about 180 amps should do very nice you can also arc weld with these sets aswel . just got to find some where to get argon gas for welding st/steel and aluminum ;) start to make a few pounds then :y :y
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yes thats my next big purchase a inverter tig with about 180 amps should do very nice you can also arc weld with these sets aswel . just got to find some where to get argon gas for welding st/steel and aluminum ;) start to make a few pounds then :y :y
I've used them. Brilliant bits of kit.
I've been thinking along exactly the same lines ;D ;D
180amps? Do you need more than a domestic supply? :-/ :-/
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no you can buy them with 110 volts or 230 volts i have used loads on these voltages they are great . best sets are esab but very pricey but for work shop use the cheaper set are very good :y
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no you can buy them with 110 volts or 230 volts ..
I thinking current rather han voltage ie can you stick a 13 amp domestic plug on it or do you need a dedicated supply from the consumer unit? :-/
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Wow! A proper project and a proper workshop to do it in. :y
Kevin
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Wow! ....... a proper workshop to do it in. :y
Kevin
So when do we have an OOF meet at Deb's place? ;) ;) ;) ;) :y
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I bought a Solar Auto Dimming Welding Mask about 15 years ago at a cost of around £250 :o
As long as you don't drop them they last for years, I still have mine :y
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Wow! ....... a proper workshop to do it in. :y
Kevin
So when do we have an OOF meet at Deb's place? ;) ;) ;) ;) :y
Don't know but if we ever wanted to enter Scrapheap Challenge I'd say we're sorted. :y
Kevin
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yes they use a 13 amp plug and will run off a domestic out let . i used the set from work at home loads of times . because its a inverter it wacks the power up inside the set so it will run on 230 volts . but if you do buy one of these sets make sure it has a cooling fan built in or it will over heat and trip out untll cool then come back on . :y :y
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yes they use a 13 amp plug and will run off a domestic out let . i used the set from work at home loads of times . because its a inverter it wacks the power up inside the set so it will run on 230 volts . but if you do buy one of these sets make sure it has a cooling fan built in or it will over heat and trip out untll cool then come back on . :y :y
[smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] and AC for ally! :y
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yes they use a 13 amp plug and will run off a domestic out let . i used the set from work at home loads of times . because its a inverter it wacks the power up inside the set so it will run on 230 volts . but if you do buy one of these sets make sure it has a cooling fan built in or it will over heat and trip out untll cool then come back on . :y :y
[smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] and AC for ally! :y
yes you can get these set with ac/dc just flick the switch and your on ac . and still on 230 volts they are brill :y