I bet it's an ao Smith then, which they stopped making in the 90s. They're selling for over 500 on ebay. I'm pretty sure the only new production ones are made today are made by aulektro, which is German i think. They use them to make wens lens and stuff, but I've only seen gold plated ones. I always thought the plating was for heat reflection mainly, but I've never used a silver one. I guess they make silver ones too, I've just never used one, the gold ones that I've used are just the bluest blue I've ever seen with amazing clarity. If yours ever breaks and you need to buy one I've been ordering mine from outlaw leather, they do amazing leather work too, that's where i got my arm pad.
Welders? Any welders on this site?
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For me I am near sided and when welding I look over my glasses and a bigger window helps. The 2x4 lens is limiting for me as I had to have the bottom of the hood a good was away from my face and got a lot of reflected arc under the hood. I do want to pick up a pancake for outside repairs.
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My 2x4 is the only cobalt plate I have. It was my father’s so it’s hard to tell how old it is. They’re expensive if you can even find them. My silver ones are 4.5 x5.25., closest to cool blue I’ve found but I haven’t really looked for any.
That's one of the best things about a pancake, no glasses at all and they still protect better. No reflected light at all, all you see is the puddle. So much less eye strain. If you wear rx glasses you can get a really small frame pair and carve out enough room for them, or if at welding distance you don't need them just don't wear them while you are welding. The first thing I'm doing when I'm done is grabbing my glasses, especially outside. I haven't seen the big E at the eye doctor since before high school, but i normally just wear contacts so my pancake fits super snug to be comfy and block out light. I went deep where my nose sits so it's more comfy there, but that's the only little light leakage spot. If i gotta wear my glasses i just switch back to my fibermetal pipeliner with a sellstrum flip front for it.
The trick with those hoods are to get the billet al friction knobs on Amazon for 20 bucks and cut the hood down with a grinder so they don't hit on your chest, or even more so it's lighter. Then you got a good hood that'll stand up to about anything. I still use one if I'm working in a fab shop with people working everywhere doing hard mig welding where the silica glass will pop off in your eyes, or as a helper because it's more protective and comfortable than a grinding shield imo. Outlaw leather even sells them all cut down with flaps of leather bolted on so you can cram your face in a corner between stuff and rain fire. Too heavy for my tastes but it's far better than a sock hood. In my experience roughly half of all the pipefitters wear a fibermetal pipeliner, which i think would work well for your glasses since they are spacious but really block stuff.
The trick with those hoods are to get the billet al friction knobs on Amazon for 20 bucks and cut the hood down with a grinder so they don't hit on your chest, or even more so it's lighter. Then you got a good hood that'll stand up to about anything. I still use one if I'm working in a fab shop with people working everywhere doing hard mig welding where the silica glass will pop off in your eyes, or as a helper because it's more protective and comfortable than a grinding shield imo. Outlaw leather even sells them all cut down with flaps of leather bolted on so you can cram your face in a corner between stuff and rain fire. Too heavy for my tastes but it's far better than a sock hood. In my experience roughly half of all the pipefitters wear a fibermetal pipeliner, which i think would work well for your glasses since they are spacious but really block stuff.
pigwot
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The first time I was married my then father-in-law worked at an advertising firm. FiberMetal was one of their accounts. They sent him four welding helmets for photos for ads. They said ‘lose them’ when the photos were done, so he gave them to me. They were big and heavy - gave them away over the years. Now have a no-name auto-darkening lid.
I’ve seen someone using the pancake style.
I’ve seen someone using the pancake style.
Fibermetal does have some massive sized ones too, the tiger hood comes to mind.
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I know which hood I don't want, my 28 year old Morsafe that weighs a ton and won't stay up.
Quick project for today was a gn trailer spotter upgrade for my Kubota bucket. Found a perfectly shaped piece of angle, didn't even have to trim it. Any guesses on process, amperage, wire/rod etc.? Hint, it wasn't Kyles favorite machine, the 115 volt MIG.
Quick project for today was a gn trailer spotter upgrade for my Kubota bucket. Found a perfectly shaped piece of angle, didn't even have to trim it. Any guesses on process, amperage, wire/rod etc.? Hint, it wasn't Kyles favorite machine, the 115 volt MIG.
Cobleskill
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7014?
Dave Shepard
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Old 7018, 125 amps, DCEP.
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The Chadha Arbor Tank is born more pics to follow as work progresses. Think Arbor Trolly but with beef lots of beef! 2x2x1/4”square tube axel, 2000lb hubs each side, nine inch wide tires, 1.5x1.5x3/16” tube frame/bunk, man power handle, and 48” overall width. At a guess about 120 pounds.
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Did the dog help out?
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Dietrich needs a welding helmet so he can be fully engaged... WTH, I thought you and him had this worked out already. 
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