MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:21 PM |
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Welding Goggles, Any Good?
Hi all,
Just bought my welder, starting to get some stuff together. Just thought i'd ask if any one has tried these
Linky,
do you think they would be any good? I was trying to see if I could get some welding "Sunglasses" but no luck.
Let me know your opinions,
Cheers
Matt
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big_wasa
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:22 PM |
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NOT FOR MIG
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flak monkey
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:23 PM |
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Those are goggles for gas welding. They dont offer anywhere near the protection needed for arc/mig/tig welding.
Get a UV reative/auto darkening helmet. They arent a lot of money (£50) and nice and easy to use.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Wadders
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:31 PM |
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Eeek! not unless you want all the skin on your face to fall off!, seriously get a good headshield and cover any bits of exposed skin with clothing i.e
your neck area, otherwise you'll get the equivelent of heavy sunburn.
]Originally posted by MattCraneCustoms
Hi all,
Just bought my welder, starting to get some stuff together. Just thought i'd ask if any one has tried these
Linky,
do you think they would be any good? I was trying to see if I could get some welding "Sunglasses" but no luck.
Let me know your opinions,
Cheers
Matt
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gazza285
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:33 PM |
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If its MIG or arc welding then you need full face coverage, and keep all skin covered as the UV rays will give you a loverly sun burn effect. I fall
for the V-neck look every time myself .
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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rebelrider
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:43 PM |
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The thought of the morning after welding with those on is making me scrunch my face up i quite often wear a short sleeve t shirt at work when im
tacking things up and never learn the agony of the shoulders the following day is nasty and the skin falling off a week later not good.
The sun glasses are a bad idea dread to think what it would do to your face very sore
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MattCraneCustoms
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:51 PM |
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wow . . being new to MIG its a good thing I asked . . there's been no threads on it before so this can pose a warning to any others. Unless it
was just me being a plank . ;
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DIY Si
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 08:57 PM |
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Mig, tig and arc use leccy to create/generate the "arc" this melts the steel wire/rod and emits loads of heat and UV light. Gas welding
just uses a hot flame to melt stuff and doesn't emit any extra UV at all, so just need some darkened glasses.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Danozeman
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 09:07 PM |
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quote:
keep all skin covered as the UV rays will give you a loverly sun burn effect.
I had never had any problems with this until a couple of months ago when i did alot of welding on my mates car. Since then iv had it a few times. It
hurts if uv done loads of welding and dont realise!!
Thos goggles are no good for leccy welding. I bought
this
Its excellent for the money.
Ps its not blue its purple.
[Edited on 30/10/06 by Danozeman]
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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the_fbi
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| posted on 30/10/06 at 10:18 PM |
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Got my automatic one from eBay, best £20 I've ever spent.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200016180780
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RazMan
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| posted on 31/10/06 at 08:57 AM |
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My £20 ebay one works well - I even got a free pair of welding gauntlets with it!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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