WELDING LENS (LOOK THROUGH THE LENS AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHICH IS BEST)
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- WELDING LENS (LOOK THROUGH THE LENS AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF)
Austin Ross shows you a few fixed welding lens and a few auto darkening welding lens so you can decide which welding lenses are right for you. Auto darkening lens or solar powered welding lenses are common because they adapt to the light making it easier to see when your hood is down, but you aren’t welding. This can be important especially for a pipeline welding lens. You can’t arc outside the bevel when welding pipeline on the pipeline so many go for a singles welding lens like the arc one. Austin has had a wens lens, the wens ultra electric ice in his pipeline welding hood recently. He thinks the wens welding lens is the best fixed welding lens he has tried. Watch this video to the end to see through these pancake welding hood lens and decide which is right for you.
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Filmed May 2019 in OK
Thinking about a shade 8 makes my eyes hurt
Even a 10 hurts mine
I think shade 11 is best all around on steel for me. Aluminum Tig however shade 13 seems to be most comfortable
I agree ouch
Gold 9 lens basically shade 8
I go shade 12 green
I began welding school like 2 months ago, and they gave us auto darkening. My instructor showed me his fixed lenses and was amazed because I was able to see more than just the arc. I already did much better on my 5g weld compared to when I had auto darkening on the first day
10:45 for the lens footage
Thanks, this dude talks mass shit.
MVP
Cheers
You sir deserve an upvote to the top IDGAF about his opinions, show me tangible facts
Have been a professional welder for more than fifty years. Still have a passion for welding as I did from the start. Enjoy each of your videos. Yes a person can learn from each one you put out. You are an awesome teacher, keep up the good work! Thanks!
What he said... Here's to the men of steel!
I’ve been a trucker my whole life, done it all and I can’t see a damn thing under that stick lol
I’ll keep hauling the heavy loads, you boys keep doin the good work.
I’d go blind with that shade 8, I hurt my eyes with shade 9 before so I only use shade 10 or 11
I had no idea how many lens are available, both fixed and auto darkening. I got my first auto darkening hood maybe 5 years ago and the reason I got was a friend was rep for someone and had a demo he gave me and I liked it well enough that I bought another one, it's been really nice to use. Thanks for showing all the different looks through the lens.
thank. you. austin. 17 years old getting into welding, just got a pipeline industrial honeywell helmet and am looking for lenses, this helped so much!
Fun to watch your videos, Austin. You do yourself and your trade proud. Thank you!
Way to go Austin you're always up you're always thinking and added to our industry and taking care of our 798 work and represent it well! good job
I’ve been a Pipefitter/welder for just shy of 10 years now. I did general fab for a bit before that. Im just getting started breaking out on my own doing whatever welding work comes my way. It’s a side hustle for now but, my goal is to be fully self employed within the next few years. I appreciate all your content. Great tips and info 👊🏼
“Take care of your eyes!” - 20 seconds earlier - “I use a shade 8”. Whatever works for you man, but I have no idea how anyone could weld with an 8
well, stick welding outside in the bright sun, you'll see why some weld that low, even a shade 10 and 9 is too dark, but i wont go less than what miller and lincoln recommends
@@Mikey-ym6ok
You're still damaging your eyes.
Instead of using such a light shade lens, you should shade your work area with either an umbrella, tarp, pop up, etc.
Or more convenient is a pancake hood, or tape a cape over the back of your hood.
Not trying to be preachy, but shade 8...man, you GOTTA be scarring up those eyes!
When throwing the bead an 8 is good to see ur root going in
He does a ton of downhill. The puddle is on the opposite site so it's nowhere near as bright.
@@AZ-kr6ffI've welded with just mirrored googles on and covering the arc with the nozzle. Had my eyes checked after years of doing it here and there and my optometrist said my perscription has pretty much been the same. Then again the goggles have uv protection. Pretty sure that has something to do with the lack of damage on my eyes. 🤷🏿♂️
I love my auto singles HD I had the fixed blue and let a welding partner have it I need to buy a new one. Great vid as always.
Man. I love your video. I've been a combo welder for 25 years and in the past three years, been able to see the puddle has gotten harder and harder. I wear progressive/transition glasses plus a cheater in the hood but wearing 2.50 reading glasses and a 1.00 cheater lense seems to suit me better specially putting the root. keep up the good work.
You're like me,long time welder with glasses .If I can see it,I can weld it!
That was a dang good video Austin. Thank you for shedding some light. Would like to see reviews with lenses for Mig and Tig?
My job provided me these magnification clear lens, I absolutely LOVE it!! It took a moment to get used to but it is SO helpful!!!
Radnor 24S drop-in autodark got me through welding school with ease. I dropped the pipeliner style hood a couple years ago for an Optrel and haven't looked back. Expensive, but absolutely worth it.
I have been using Optrel 2.5 and clear 2.0 for the past few years and I really like them. They weigh 17 oz. But I just bought a pipeline cloud carbon fiber hood that only weighs 9 oz. I am going to use this with a high clarity lens and also a wens fixed lens for backfeeding tig root while looking through the gap
Love the videos man. Just starting out doing stick. Have autodarking and this makes me want to try a fixed. I was a bit nervous about trying them and this cleared a lot of things up for me.
Hello there friend (-: the best part of the video and often the hardest examples to find was the actual showing of the lens color in use. thank you and great job man!!
Thanks for uploading, I haven’t seen a single video with this helpful of information
I will definitely be buying a wens lens today thanks Austin
Thanks for this! I am shopping around
for a auto darkening, and this is just
what I needed to see! Thanks!
once u get a good set of auto darkening lenses, you wont go back to regular ones hah
I run a SEER auto darkening lens in a shade 12, love this lens because it's a clear color. The arc looks white it's awesome on the eyes
Very helpful getting information on this channel for someone trying to get started.
I always wanted a variable shade lens to throw in my pipeliner, can’t wait to try it! I use Wens lens shade 10 for Tig and Arc-One HD shade 11 for everything else🤘🏼
Blinded By The Light what lense ????
Thanks Austin, your tips are much appreciated.
Just bought an arc one singles HD shade 10. I absolutely love it. I usually use a 10. I stick, mig, tig, high frequency tig aluminum. Everything from stainless pipe to car body panels. I have an old technology automatic shield. I have heard good things about the Miller lens also
The Wens Ultra blue seems to be the one I want to try, Im using a standard shade 9 for now, would you try the Wens lenses in the same shade as well ?
I really like the old school Lincoln super visibility lens in the blueish paper sleeve. Shade 9. Super clear you can see literally everything going on in the puddle and around it. I used it welding in power plants on all processes. I used a miller elite before and a guy let me try his lense and I never went back.
You really changed my mind on fixed lens vrs auto I ordered both the wens lens can’t wait to try em out thanks for the help you’ve really help me come along way in my fitting and welding
Does WENS LENS
Does the gold face the inside /go on the inside of the hood? Or does it face the outside of the hood?
Thanks guys
Thanks Austin I just ordered my wens cool blue
I spit my coffee out when you said shade 8
I did the Jim Carey gag from dumb and dumber
Have always used 2 clear lens in the front. People think I'm stupid for doing it. Good to know others welders do this too. Love my Wens Lens Cool Blue. 😁
I'm in Iran. i was browsing in the internet about auto darkening helmets, if i convert to us dollar a whole helmet with a spare lens was something between 25$ to 50$ in different brands. And everyone was happy in the reviews.
Shade 9 wens has been my go to for 6 years. Interesting about the double lens. I think I’m gonna use that
Shade 8 and 9 😳😳😳 my eyes would burn out of my head after 12 hours I run a gold fix shade 11
Do you if they make them in the bigger 4x4 or 4 x5 lens
@@JustinRolfe gold lenses? Yes. Get them at a welding supply place or there's glass ones on amazon. Clearest lens I've ever used, but you pay for em. Not as much as an autodark lens though
Glass shade 12! Plastics suck
😂
I watched this video and purchased one of the wens lenses and I run 1/16 dual shield and 7/32 dual shield wire and I got a shade 13 because I run 400-600 amps and I love it it is amazing I also do A LOT of gouging at 600+ amps and it’s the best lens I have ever used thank you
Caleb i might be late for this but did you get the ultra electric ice or cool blue wens lens. I also run 1/16 dual shield and got a 12 but want a 13
I weld 18-20 ga sheet up to 3/16" and I am happy with my Antra X60-6. Setting 9 for mig 10 for tig. I almost always require an external light while working indoors.
I’ve got the wens electric ice and I like it. I will say the camera doesn’t show the clarity well but you get a good idea of the color. It’s the clearest lens I’ve ever used. My only complaint is when you’re tig welding, if you dip the tungsten, it’s hard to notice if you’re not paying attention and you’ll wonder why why the puddle isn’t doing what you want it to. But for stick on pipe it’s my favorite. I’m ready for this auto cool blue lens
Just getting started in the game. Great video, thanks for sharing!
Interesting Perspective.
35 plus year
Structural Fluxcore Welder .
#12 until age 50.
#11 from then on.
Those single digit shades blow my mind !
This is a great topic for a video
I just found my grandpas old hood and lenses and there my favorite
I use a Jackson Shade 11 in my Pancake hood, mainly I'm welding outside so it helps me see alot of detail on the puddle and where I'm at in regards to the weld that needs to be done. I also like that Gold shade lens that comes with the Pipeliner hood. It very detailed as well and makes the puddle reddish orange, only if it came in auto darkening would be awesum.
Shade 11 was my go to for most thin wall to heavy pipe applications. A shade 10 would give me a headache after a full day. Wouldn't recommend using anything less than a 10 for most arc welding applications.
To each their own, but most the welding I did was doing had at least a TIG root and hot pass and then either a 7018 filler and cap or just TiG the rest of the way out.
Where can I buy a shade 11 lense im currently in highschool and I have shade 10 but I’m tryna got a shade darker
@@osbaldohernandez9174 the Lincoln one on the video is adjustable. Its decent. I have it.
Thank you Austin, for sharing your knowledge it is very usefull.
Amen brother thanks for the upload I’m going to try one of those fixed lens.
I run a fixed shade 11 silver doesn’t mess with my eyes but at the same time under a roof or in the field I can see the outlines so I don’t run off track really recommend I’m gonna try a gold one soon
Love your videos dude! So informative! I’m a proud owner of an original American Optics weld cool shade 12(hand me down) and I’m looking to retire as a backup and dude the wens lens is the only thing I can see myself spending my money on that’s in ballpark range of clarity and color as the AOWC12! Think I’m putting it on my bucket list!!
Thank for the demo
I'm nota pipeline welder just a mechanic and I have a hard time with regular hoods because off my fat head. Just bought a pancake hood got it trimmed down to fit my Mellon and this was a great video on picking a lense. Definitely going to but an assortment of them
Thanks for making this video. Gives us our best guess to what we want without spending 500$ to narrow it down. I can't believe you use a shade 8, I use a 10 and want to go to a 11 lol
8 is supposed to be for torch and plasma, I weld with 12!
Great job Thank you for your service sir keep up the amazing work
Hi Austin. I love your approach to this science @13:39 : ''Learn something new everyday! ''
I use a a shade 10 stick welding no problems there but have trouble seeing outside the puddle mig welding. Been using a shade 9 for mig and still difficult, looks like a green blob when welding. I try to stick weld when i can. Both are auto darkening. Both are low cost hoods. I like a yellow or red lens . Mine are green and blue. Great video.
Even the arc shots gave me flash !
Thanks for posting this info!
Hi, Austin Ross, thanks for this very informative video! I'm still at the community college, on structural welding. I'm on 3G 1/2" plates and I use 11 dark shade. But I would like to try those auto darkening lenses I liked the bright orange Len's but blue is my favorite color 😁😉😋 but seriously I think I'm going to try that 🍊 lens and also buy that auto darkening lense with extra clears.
And about learning new things....your so right, because of my other instructor I tried different amperage and different degrees in angle I was able to lay better stringers and in the right place.
Have a great weekend Austin! Keep em coming!!🤓👩🏭✌️👌🤙👏👏👏👏oh I forget, I also want to be a pipe welder. God bless.😉😋😀😁
I use the Jackson BH3 with Bulter technology and I love it
I've worked mainline construction, compressor stations, refineries, power plants and even built miles of pipe fence, all I know is welding just like my dad and my grandpa. All I've ever used for 16 years is a fixed shade, usually 10 or 9. I've always preferred a gold lense or a Lincoln Super-vis, I tried an auto darkening lense once but I didn't like it because we were heli-arcing 8" and when I went to look through the bevel to put my bead in guess what didn't happen. The sensor was blocked by the pipe and it didn't activate, after that I said never again. I know a lot of hands like the auto because it lessens the chance of arc marks but the old hands welded for 100 years without them and they did just fine. But what do I know? I'm just a broke toothed welderer. Good job on the video Austin, keep it up hand.
I can tell you weld for a living. Your arc control is superb.
They haven't made them in years, maybe decades (for modern safety standards) but if you can get yourself a red/rose lens you will be blown away by the clarity, even better than gold.
Opticool sells scarlett. Best custom lenses I have ever used. I am speaking of the 2 piece lenses he makes. Although I don't have the red I have a white and a gold. All the same quality though just whatever color you prefer. I am color blind so I pretty much have to stick with white and gold or else I can't see where I am going very well.
I use the Lincoln 4c in the viking series hoods shade 8 and I love it in the shop and for fabrication but I'm looking to try some of these in a pancake for welding pipe
Only need 3 lenses in your career. The wens lens if your doing process pipe or mirror welding, and the tradesman and single 240 for anything else. I’ve had all three for 5 years and I will never go back. Great video. Sorry I’m a little late
Phillips glass lens works for me. I love gold lenses, but they never last. The gold flakes off the plastic gold lenses and the gold rubs off the gold glass lenses. I have used the Phillips super magenta and their blue filter too, and I like both of them. I really like the super magenta. However, I find the standard Phillips glass to be my go to lens. My opinion auto shades are only good when you are in a tight spot and you cannot flip your hood, otherwise a good glass lens cannot be beat.
I've ran stick @ up to 145 amps and mig @ 240ish with Lincoln viking passive hood shade 10. Always comfortable, Eyes never hurt , and no redness fer over 29 years now
I'm an Ironworker. I normally use what is provided Crap #10-12. If I have a gravy OT gig I'll break out my gold, in a fiber-metal hood. 30 years welding. I'm currently flux core welding 1-1/4" moment connections, so I'm using a #11 gold.
Hey Austin. I passed my 3G SMAW test at the end of january and am waiting for the apprenticeship to open back up at my local UA. Does having that cert help your chances?
Austin great stuff! I am having trouble outside welding some 7" pipe . using a auto darkening helmet. The sun creates havoc with such. I like your lens demonstration. Will these lens solve the problem I am having with the sun overhead turning off the auto darkening.?? I have a hood I can use but am rusty with arc starts using shade 10.
I usually use a shade 10 or 9 but I want to start learning how to tug weld a root by looking through the gap but I know you have to use a standard lane or else you will get flashed. Would you recommend a wens lens for this? I know you said you use a shade 8 ? What would you recommend for backfeeding a root looking through the gap?
I like those slips. Good idea.
Love both fixed lens
Outstanding.
I need to try the cool blue. I have an HD Miller hood. It’s a lot nicer than most lenses.
The cool blue seems to really show the puddle ripples
Great video!!! I use a passive lens with a amber colored puddle or I use one of the shade 10 passives from outlaw leather. Looking into the bold gold from optic-lens. I do mostly TIG welding on pipe. I feel the passive lens is much more clear than any auto darkened lens I used in the past.
Passive? Like a filter lens?
Are any of these lenses rated for gtaw and smaw? Would appreciate the feedback, I do alot of pipefitter/welding mostly tig roots. Thanks for the video
I love my Singles HD Cool Blue #9 with a Cool Blue filter lens. You can see so much and it is very clear
This is a good idea. I really need to look into those filter Lenses. I think that would allow me to enjoy looking though the HD lenses a little more. Thanks for sharing this. Where do you get the filter lenses?
@@arosswelding AULEKTRO which is made by wens makes filters. I just ordered a lens off Ebay that came with 2 different colored filters.
Hey Austin would you be willing to go over your welding machine and discuss necessities and preferred machines for pipeline work. Keep up the great job I’ve learned a lot from you and I just found your channel!
The clairvoyant is my go-to
Great video! Speaking of lenses, what are your thoughts on eye fatigue recovery? Years back when I did a lot of welding, I would use Visine. They have a formula for tired/overworked eyes. Thanks
Nice videos really encouraging
great video Austin. thks
Cool tips. Thanks for sharing
I'm in a lot of tight spots and I got the new Lincoln Welding Google and that lens rips! The toes light up like the 4th of July!
Love your channel bub. Quick question for yall. I've had a few encounters with guys talking about making a lens pack. Stacking two different types of filters. I have never tried it myself. Mostly because I could never find any of the filters at a shade five or lower so that I could stack them and still be able to see what the heck I'm doing. Thoughts or insights on this concept would be very appreciated.
Structural Ironworker local 378. I weld flux core NR 232 so it's really bright and hot. I use an 11 shade auto lens. My puddle looks orange or amber through my auto lens. Was hoping to get a different color auto lens, maybe a green. Just figure it would be a little softer on the eyes and look cool.
Been trying to get my dual shield flux core cert lately and it actually seems brighter than 232 flux core. Maybe I'll go for a shade 12.
The brighter the ambient light, the lighter the shade you need due to your Iris constricting reducing the amount of light entering your eyes. High frequency has nothing to do with brightness as you can watch with no lens... but not for long as uv and infrared is admitted. Hope this helps. Like the tip on glasses under pancake.... keep up the good work...
I like that cool blue 👍
Thank you for the video. I'm buying some clear lenses right now.
Auto darking set on 11 is all I can use anymore, but thanks for the video, and hope y'all make it through the bad weather ok.
We’ve made it so far. Thanks!
shade 9 -12 gold lens passive with a flip front hood works wonders for me
Have you tried the Miller auto lens? I've use Shade 10 I like it. I thinks it's a little darker which for me I like. I also have blue eyes which I've also been told are more sensitive. I also have a singles #10 model 240. It's much lighter also a shade 10 much much lighter than the miller.
For me the older real glass shade 10 fixed static lens has the clearest view than any other. I like it best for Stainless TIG welding.
Where did u find the ultra cool blue lense? I used to have a blue lense similar to that yrs ago but havent been able to find them since. I really liked it.
That wens cool blue looks good
The trouble with gold or silver fixed lenses is scratching the coating. One tiny scratch and you are asking for flashburns. I found that using two gaskets in front of the lens to make more space helped prevent the clear resin lens from warping and scratching the gold coating when it got hot. Once I got my first electric lens, I never went back to a fixed lens unless I needed to use a sock hood or it was raining heavily. I was a journeyman shipfitter since 76 , certified structural and crane boom repair welder before I retired.
I weld on tankers for chemical and fuel/oil. Plumbing 6" and below and barrel Work/structural. Tig and Mig aluminum 5356 and SS (GTAW AND GMAW) so i upgraged to a miller Infinity hood from the miller classic series ive had for 5 years. Really nice HD and 3-13 auto dark shade. Worth the price. But thinking about doing pipeline and getting a pancake. Really nice and i formative vids my man.
I do a lot of pipe and structural fabrication and I use a Lincoln Electric 3350 hood, but I am looking. I want a good pancake hood with a good lens because I work in the heat all year. Thank you for your video
You should teach video production and post production , music and the sound of the arc ? Brilliant!
Solid...video....learned allot......👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Shade 10 gold coated passive lense, shade 12 for when I crank the amperage up, is all ive ever needed for pipework
The 4c is an amazing lens, it's what I've been using on my pancake for almost ½ a yr now but I have to say they're a bit pricey. The armor guard lenses are pretty darn good and usually around 40 here in Texas
Aye no damn doubt about that 4c lens they made,I got a Lincoln helmet of one and I can honestly say the light blue arc helps light up so much more stuff around your plates or pipes.
Did you have to file down your helmet to fit the 4c in?