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[miggcddave]

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  

[Andy B]

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  

I'm not on my own then  

[Debs.]

Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!

I`ve just been out and tried it; "fantastic"!!!!
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!

[Andy B]

..... 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.

[Andy B]

Auto darkening welding masks are truely brilliant bits of kit!

I`ve just been out and tried it; "fantastic"!!!!
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!

You needed more practice 'nodding' with your old fixed screen!      

[Kevin Wood]

..... 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 ) 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

[Weds]

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 !

[Marks DTM Calib]

..... 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 ) 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!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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.

Have you any specific work to do Debs.....................................or is it just to repair your old "colander "of a Miggy.  

[CaptainZok]

The Gnome prefers using the one I bought.



 

Seriously they make the job so much easier, he won't use the old type now.

[miggcddave]

 

[Debs.]

Have you any specific work to do Debs.....................................or is it just to repair your old "colander "of a Miggy.  

  I can`t quite see the road through the floor-pan of the "Pup-Mobile" just yet!

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"

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.

[miggcddave]

nice work shop debs  that looks bigger than my house  

[TheBoy]

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...

[djm1964]

Blimey , is there anything you haven't got in that workshop Debs? Looks like a real nice Den ,

Take care

Dave