Subject: Re: Self Darkening Welding Helmet

From: [email-masked] (ARNIE DEEDS)
Date: 16 Sep 1996 02:49:23 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, 
[email-masked] says...
>
>In article <01bb9c3d$765c01e0$f21157c6@ldouglass>, "L. E. Douglass 
P.E."
><[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone provide any information/experience/advice on the self 
darkening
>> welding helmets?  Are they any good?  Are they durable?  I see that
>> Northern Hydraulics advertises a couple at what I though was an 
exorbitant
>> price, that is till I checked the local welding supply.       
>> 
>> Does any one have any experience with the Northern Hydraulics units? 
 Are
>> they good, bad, mediocre?  
>> 
>> How about other sources?  This is to be a gift for my future son in 
law.
>> 
>> Thanks ***LEN***
>
>Hornel Speedglass are the best, but also the most costly.
>The simplest ones cost about $170, and the fanciest (like mine) costs
>about $350.
>They are highly adictive.
>I tried a freinds to stitch weld some aluminum planks and bought my own 
2
>weeks later.
>Since then I have gotten 2 of my friends hooked so thay bought them.
>The last shop I worked in had 4 . It was very civilized since nobody 
could
>accidentally flash anybody else.
>They are great.
>
>Best of luck.
>
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>                            Ernie Leimkuhler
>
>                         STAGESMITH PRODUCTIONS
>
>                        Custom Metal Fabrication
>
>         ABANA       AWS        SCA        IATSE Local 15/488
>
>                        Renton, Washington, USA
>
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I own a e.q.c. executive auto darking filter in ajackson helment it is a 
 premium auto darking filter i have found nothing wrong with it.i would 
recomend it to anyone.it sell's for $380 and the helment about $30

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From: [email-masked] (Alan Frisbie)
Date: 15 Sep 96 12:29:35 PDT

> In article <01bb9c3d$765c01e0$f21157c6@ldouglass>, "L. E. Douglass P.E."
>> Can anyone provide any information/experience/advice on the self darkening
>> Northern Hydraulics advertises a couple at what I though was an exorbitant

I own a high-end Huntsman unit and I absolutely love it!
I can't remember the model number, but it features:

     Large window
     Variable sensitivity
     Variable density

I wish that I had bought it when I took my first welding class.

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