Subject: Auto Darking welding helmets

From: [email-masked] (Bob Fairbairn)
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:35:42 -0600

I am interested to know if you can use the autodarking welding helmets
when welding with oxyactelyn torch?  Do the helmets "grey out" or do they
switch to arc welding dark?  What are the good brands?

Bob Fairbairn

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From: [email-masked] (Brett Jungblut)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:19:32 GMT

>switch to arc welding dark?  What are the good brands?

L-Tec makes an excellent helmet that you can adjust the shade from (I
believe) 5 to 18.  Most others you have to change the entire lens for
shade levels.  
	..brett..

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From: [email-masked] (ErnieLeim)
Date: 17 Jun 1996 17:44:03 -0400

[email-masked] (Bob Fairbairn) asked:

>I am interested to know if you can use the autodarking >welding helmets
>when welding with oxyactelyn torch?  Do the helmets "grey >out" or do
they
>switch to arc welding dark?  What are the good brands?

My Speedglass lens is a #6 lens when it is off, a #4 when on, but not
triggered, and a shade #9 -#13 when triggered by a welding arc.
To use it for oxy-acet I just leave it off.
The shade darkness is set by a button that steps it between the shades.

The best brand on the market is Hornell- Speedglass, but they are also the
most expensive. My XL lens costs $375.

Best of lucks

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