Thread: Welding visors

+1 vote for autodarkening helmets, my current one is a Speedglas 100, I've had a succession of crappy cheapies, but this Speedglass is the most comfortable so far.

I started with a peerless stick welder 40 years ago (still got it), and for a time I used to have a bit of a part time business making roof trusses to order for the local builders. I'm as comfortable with stick as I am with mig, but I'll take mig any day over the slag cleanup required for stick.

The mig is a Cigweld Transmig 190, with argoshield gas.

Regards
Ray

If you wear bi focals, a helmet with a bigger window will make it easier to get your eye, and the appropriate lens, and the window, and the job in a straight line.

Graham.

Originally Posted by shedhappens

Do BOC have them Mick ?

I mostly guess where I'm welding these days

Yep, BOC have them - I think they're around $12 each.

If you get ones with too higher magnification then they tend to make your vision 'swim' and they have seem to have very little tolerance on the focal range. I bought a 2x lens at one stage, it is really good for really fineTIG work, but nothing else because of those issues. If you get lenses that are a bit weaker than you think you need, then the disadvantages go away, but still help heaps. I think I have a 1.5x one (might be 1.25x) in my helmet and I use it for TIG, Stick and MIG everyday.

I've got another helmet without a cheater, which I occasionally pick up, but usually put it down pretty quickly.

Cheers

- Mick

Like ewan, mine is a cheap ALDI version, but I'm only a once-a-week welder. I found that with multi-focus glasses, it was not very comfortable and the reflections from the back were really annoying. My fix ...

I stripped out the innards and fitted the handle from my old hand-held. Though it's not 'hands free', I can easily move it around now to best suit my remaining vision.

Regards, Daryl