Why would anyone use an old style helmet? I bought an auto-darkening helmet in '07 for a welding night class. IIRC they cost about the same as the safety boots I had to buy. Al_in_Ottawa
That's what I was thinking, Anon. Didn't quite look like an old style hood, which is what I used for years. Flipping it down was never a biggie, once you got good at it. That, and the clear lenses and filters were a lot cheaper with the old hoods, which was always a concern when you had to buy your own. That and I'd go thru a lot of them welding flux cored wire. Lincoln MS3N was especially smokey stuff.
Some kid I went to high school with used to just squint while arc welding in shop. He burned out the color yellow in his vision. Don't know if it was permanent.
Been there. Flash burn blisters on your eyes are lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteLooks like either a "journalist" or a politician in his/her/their element, acting like a human and fucking up.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone use an old style helmet? I bought an auto-darkening helmet in '07 for a welding night class. IIRC they cost about the same as the safety boots I had to buy.
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That helmet looks like a 3M Adflo, which has auto-darkening lenses.
DeleteMy wife's old man didn't realize that the batteries were going dead in his and blistered his eyeballs. He went back to old school.
DeleteThat's what I was thinking, Anon. Didn't quite look like an old style hood, which is what I used for years.
DeleteFlipping it down was never a biggie, once you got good at it. That, and the clear lenses and filters were a lot cheaper with the old hoods, which was always a concern when you had to buy your own. That and I'd go thru a lot of them welding flux cored wire. Lincoln MS3N was especially smokey stuff.
Dang. It's NS3M, not MS3N.
DeleteThe older you get, the more dyslexic you get.
I guess it beats the alternative. That's what they tell me, anyway.
Some kid I went to high school with used to just squint while arc welding in shop. He burned out the color yellow in his vision. Don't know if it was permanent.
ReplyDeleteAnd he will sue somebody for his own stupidity.
ReplyDeleteJimmy got sandpaper eyes!
ReplyDeleteThat ain't Jimmy, that's ScoMo (Scott Morrison, former Aus PM).
ReplyDeleteThat's Australian ex prime Minister Scott Morrison showing what an absolute tool he is.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit, I was right...
DeleteGold lens. Weld in living color.
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