Not So Pro 3

[Stump Shot]

My Harbor Freight auto darkening helmet was great for mig and stick welding. I might need a better one for tig.

I would recommend a Huntsman or some other light weight helmet with the large window. If you can fit it in, put a clear protector over your shaded one on both sides to keep it cherry so all you have to do is replace the clear cheap one. A good pair of tig gloves is a must and if doing any amount you may want to wear a bandana around your neck like the cowboys do to keep from burning it. A good long sleeve shirt to keep your arms from "sun" burn as well. A number 12 lenz is recommended for tig welding if you can drop one or two shades it helps to see but is hard on your eyes.

 

[timg]

My Harbor Freight auto darkening helmet was great for mig and stick welding. I might need a better one for tig.

Jackson, 3M Specialties, Miller, Lincoln, all support magnifier lenses, and lense colors Green, Grey's, and Browns. I think you know how I feel about Snap Offs LOL.
All good advice from Greg, and the car chief above as mentioned.
You gotta be able to see and be comfortable when that helmet is down.
Just like some of you porters and your saws. It's all about the tools.

 

[Bilge Rat]

Getting a high quality large window lens auto makes a huge difference.
I spent good money on the Lincoln auto darkening helmet and then i could see what was going on. When you can see the puddle and the area around it better results will follow.
Throw the cheap/ inferior helmets/lens away your eyes will thank you for it even if you still can't weld any better.

 

[redline4]

PPPFFFTTTTT.
Get yourself some dollar store aviators, flip-flops and a loin cloth and weld that chit up.
I hear thats how they do it in WV.

 

[dall]

My Harbor Freight auto darkening helmet was great for mig and stick welding. I might need a better one for tig.

tig is brighter than mig or stick

I would recommend getting one with a big window…pricey, but worth it.

some are not as expensive as youd think

PPPFFFTTTTT.
Get yourself some dollar store aviators, flip-flops and a loin cloth and weld that chit up.
I hear thats how they do it in WV.

you wasnt supposed to say anything lol

 

[shadco]

It’s a rough life but someone has to live it.





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[Michpatriot]

Not long enough. LOL




NO WAY !!!!

Match your filler wire thickness to the material thickness, and the tungsten can be smaller than the filler wire not bigger..and if your tig rig has pulse. try it at 30pulses.

 

[Dream]

It’s a rough life but someone has to live it.

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She is SO ashamed of you right now...
Cute as heck tho.

 

[Dream]

lol ive seen alot of hammered on dog *s-word and coat hangers in my time

Stop looking at my welding.
I done tolt ya I suck at it.

 

[Dream]

Me too Dallas
Doin it for 28yrs professionaly
We always looked at a bad weld and started looking up and the guy would ask what I was looking for, I said pigeons. Guy said what I said looks like pigeon chit [emoji15]


Sent from Hoskey hilltop

I call em "chicken welds".
Looks like a chicken dragged arse across it.
Was on a job in Opelika AL years ago.
They had to have their "onsite welder" weld our support structure in.
I went up and took some pics of that garbage and showed them to him, then made a couple of passes on some scrap on the truck tailgate.
He let us fix it.
Not saying I'm the best, but that dudes was crap. Dangerously so.
Would have walked off that job if he accepted that chit. It was on an overhead crane that people would have had to stand under.

 

[Dream]

My Harbor Freight auto darkening helmet was great for mig and stick welding. I might need a better one for tig.

Uh huh.

 

[dall]

Stop looking at my welding.
I done tolt ya I suck at it.

lol well you do need to wear your coat more than making a hanger for it lol

hows you slacker

 

[full chizel]

It’s a rough life but someone has to live it.

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That second picture is why dogs bite people

 

[Dream]

I would recommend a Huntsman or some other light weight helmet with the large window. If you can fit it in, put a clear protector over your shaded one on both sides to keep it cherry so all you have to do is replace the clear cheap one. A good pair of tig gloves is a must and if doing any amount you may want to wear a bandana around your neck like the cowboys do to keep from burning it. A good long sleeve shirt to keep your arms from "sun" burn as well. A number 12 lenz is recommended for tig welding if you can drop one or two shades it helps to see but is hard on your eyes.

I made a rigged up neck protector out of a piece of leather welding sleeves. Duct taped it across the bottom edge of my helmet. It really helps.
Most of the time I'm welding vertical or overhead, so ive got leathers on. Snap that neck snap and flip the collar up tight.
Agree on the larger window.
Not a fan of "cheater lenses".
I just wear reading glasses.
Like the gold filter plates. Seems like I can see the puddle better than with green ones.

 

[Dream]

lol well you do need to wear your coat more than making a hanger for it lol

hows you slacker

I'm good slacker-than-I.
Turned into a nice warm evening here.
How you and miss Maddie doin?

 

[dall]

I'm good slacker-than-I.
Turned into a nice warm evening here.
How you and miss Maddie doin?

maddie says shes dog tired and asleep on the loveseat
its coffee time
64 here now and wind died down a little bit ago

 

[Dream]

maddie says shes dog tired and asleep on the loveseat
its coffee time
64 here now and wind died down a little bit ago

Dont forget the backrub slacker.

 

[shadco]

That second picture is why dogs bite people

Actually she loves it, otherwise it takes her forever to dry. That material pulls the moisture out quickly.



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[Dream]

Good morning fellas

Sup Mike?
Hows the hip?
Any more progress on the Yotas?

 

[USMC615]

Houdini gonna get these two catfish dinners, I’m willing to bet…