ghuncha
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| posted on 3/9/07 at 11:02 PM |
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auto darkening welding helmets....
i was looking at some auto darkening helmets, please can some one suggest me a reasonable one..
thanks
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worX
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| posted on 3/9/07 at 11:03 PM |
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I bought a cheap one from ebay and it honestly works fine!
It cost £14 delivered and took 8 days...
cheers,
Steve
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/9/07 at 11:20 PM |
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I was a bit sceptical of the really cheap ones....
So bought the parweld reactolight... It was about £55 and is adjustable from 9-13....
Its a really really nice helmet, and makes such a difference to the quality of my welds!
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flying_coffin
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| posted on 3/9/07 at 11:33 PM |
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I wasn't brave enough to go for the ones on eBay so went to my local store and got an entry level Speedglas helmet.
Obviously it works very well but it wasn't cheap at £120.
If the cheaper ones work then I'd say go for it. Make sure it will darken enough. You need 9-11 for MIG but I have to put mine on 11 otherwise I
see spots 
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ghuncha
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| posted on 3/9/07 at 11:39 PM |
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well i was considering miller pro hooby from, a well known company... its response time is 1/10000 sec = .00001 sec
this parweld electrolite has an astonishing marketed time of .000004 = 1/250000, way better than miller and other brands...
is this brand good enough to market with accurate claims...
thanks
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UncleFista
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 12:29 AM |
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The Parweld helmets are very well thought of over on The Welding
Forum
Just don't go for the chinese economy model 
[Edited on 4/9/07 by UncleFista]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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smart51
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 06:59 AM |
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I bought a cheap one of eBay from America. It's brilliant. That said, I've never used an expensive one but compared to a fixed mask, the
auto ones are superb. You can even alter the darkness of the screen. It makes welding much easier.
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RazMan
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 07:10 AM |
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£15 from eBay, and mine came with a free pair of welding gloves! Fantastic deal and ideal for the amount of welding that I do.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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02GF74
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 08:49 AM |
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I bought one from the web and thought it was reasonable but not great.
Then had Mr Welder come over to do some plating on my land rover chassis and as he was leaving he saw I had a auto-darkening helmet.
I explained to him that things looked a bit blurry otherwise I'd have given it a go myselft.
He took the helmet, looked trhough it at the sun, then removed the rear screen removed the green plastic protective covering, fitted the screen
back and all became very clear inded.
DOh!!! 
So my one is probably quite good then - would need to search for deails but was under £ 50.
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BenB
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 09:50 AM |
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LOL!!!! Brilliant!!! LMAO!
Very honest! very funny!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 02:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
He took the helmet, looked trhough it at the sun, then removed the rear screen removed the green plastic protective covering, fitted the screen
back and all became very clear inded.
DOh!!!
I found mine worked better, when I swapped my specs for the ones without reactolite lenses.
Senior moment or what?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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caber
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 05:22 PM |
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I bought a cheap ebay one but as I am using TIG it flashes clear a lot when I am doing close low current work. When I am doing heavier stuff and not
in an awkward location it is OK. I could do with getting one that is more reliable at low levels of arc as this is what I seem to do mostly!
Caber
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ghuncha
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| posted on 4/9/07 at 06:14 PM |
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i think i am gona go for miller pro hobby, costing me 115 bucks (shipped US)
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jason4x4
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| posted on 11/9/07 at 11:51 PM |
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i bought a miller big window elite,
awsome bit of kit, pricey but i wont go back to anything else now i have been spoiled 
WWW.ALLCARCLUB.CO.UK
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NS Dev
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| posted on 13/9/07 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
I bought one from the web and thought it was reasonable but not great.
Then had Mr Welder come over to do some plating on my land rover chassis and as he was leaving he saw I had a auto-darkening helmet.
I explained to him that things looked a bit blurry otherwise I'd have given it a go myselft.
He took the helmet, looked trhough it at the sun, then removed the rear screen removed the green plastic protective covering, fitted the screen
back and all became very clear inded.
DOh!!!
So my one is probably quite good then - would need to search for deails but was under £ 50.
Don't worry, I did exactly the same with my new one, the covering not at all obvious!!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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