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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Your Welding Helmet Need Glasses. Do you wear glasses ,and wish you did not need them for welding.I now use a auto darkening Welding Helmet but also wear glasses to see up close and i find it to be a hassle. They make a lens that goes in the inside of your welding helmet that can take place of your glasses when welding.The Magnifying lens comes in many different strengths and is a real help when welding. I know the lenses are available for the old small lens manual helmets and the auto darkening welding hoods. I never liked the big lens manual welding helmets so i do not know if Magnifying lenses are available for those welding helmets or not.
Welding Helmet Magnifying Lens
Hobart 770277 Magnifying Helmet Lens, 250X
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wtbm123
I got one of these at Jackson the other day. They’re amazing my welds improved and I won’t weld without one now
I agree , seeing is key . Thank you for stopping in and commenting
I am a gold lens user also! That is why I still use a lift lens hood!
Boy I hear you on that glasses thing. I am going to check at Harbor Freight where I got my helmet and see what is what with those magnifiers. Thanks for the tip.
Not sure if Harbor Freight has them but TSC does. prob on ebay also.
Bought one at Amazon
Gotta love the auto darkening helmets.
Cant beet them for mig welding.
Most auto darkening helmets now days (2020) have "true color" and adjustable darkness which greatly improves visibility. The technology has shifted into helmets costing as little as $50.00 or $350.00 depending on your requirements.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Cool, didn't know those existed, since I got my eyes lasered my close in welding has gotten really difficult, a reading version of those lenses would be perfect,
I cant see much without them.
1) I know they make "true-color" ADF helmets now, fwiw.
2) I read somewhere -- and this is consistent w we see in the vdeo, reading the magnification off the lens frame -- that you're supposed to insert the cheaters w the frame writing facing towards you (so you can read it). I think this works out to "flat face inward, curved face out". [EDIT: I just checked mine; I had it wrong: it's flat out, curved in. BTW, my 2-diopters are fantastic!]
I think I need a magnifier for my hood. The weld pool when I weld with my everlast mig welder isn't as clear as when I was younger. The eyes are getting older.
Same just find it a pain trying to wear my reading glasses they keep dropping down and what a mess I make lol.
I know this is an old video, but I'll comment anyway. I've been using cheaters, and I've found the glass lenses hold up better, and what I mean is that you can keep them clean with windex or soap and water. I've found the plastic lenses, although they don't break when dropped, get really scratched up from too many cleanings.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Hey I have the same helmet and Werner bench... now I gotta go check the shop lol.
Good tip Terry!!
If you have only missed those two things ,then i am home free with all the other stuff then. LOL.
I really enjoy using my everlast welder. Good eyesight is so important to good welding.
I agree seeing what one is doing is key
I love your video. I didn't know they made a " cheater lens " for welding helmets. I was searching on the internet for magnification leneses, which keep showing dental magnification lenses which I don't need. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
They really help see while welding
Way cool, Terry-- gonna have to look into those.... no pun intended
One look and you will see.
Pun appreciated
Pretty cool idea...I have a solar auto dark hat that has a gold look lens..It's a cheapy...the brand name is Boss I think...I'll double check that and PM you..
Cool I can see much better out of the gold ones.
thank you for telling us which way the bevel of the cheater lens goes in.
John H is that sarcasm because if not I totally missed which way to insert the lens. that's why I watched this video.
Check out Eastwood Large View Auto Darkening Welding Helmet - L6700
flip lid types great for tight places like under a vehicle where its darker
As much as I love welding with my everlast it is becoming more and more difficult for me to focus on the weld puddle and I guess now I know why.
I just had to put a new outer lens in mine and i can see much better again
Get a Lincoln viking with 4c tech it's blue not green
Thank you for the info.
Sorry I cant help on the colored lens, I will keep an eye out, I do want to thank you on letting me know about the magnifiers though.
They work well . I put a link in the description from amazon ,Nothing else you can get a part # there.
Thanks a lot.
Great video,
If one uses this magnifier lens then is it correct to assume you do not need to ever use/buy the thin plastic protective lens covers?
Well they last longer but still need replaced at times
Does a person still use their prescription glasses when using this type of lens?
I do
Your as blind as a bat like me Terry lol nice video.
Getting old. lol
Over the years I've looked, off and on, for some company that makes prescription "cheater" lenses.
I have developed poor near vision in one eye but mostly good in the other AND double astigmatism (not double but triple image) in each eye - the incredibly good eyesight of my youth has long gone, as has some of my welding skill as I have trouble seeing, even with my glasses, the weld.
I bet a lot of people would buy prescription "cheater" lenses.. good idea
@@wtbm123
This actually came up in a completely different video's comments (corrective lense inserts for virtual 3D headsets) where I said much the same thing. A Mr William Nalker who is the Vice President / Co-Founder of Reloptix who made those inserts saw my comment and expressed an interest in the idea - he's a hobby welder who also wears glasses and expressed an interest in following up on the idea, and he works in product design...
You, and any of your friends/colleagues with similar issues may like to let them know there are other people out there interested in that sort of product.
@@gordowg1wg145 Is he making them . If not i may try and contact some manufactures
@@wtbm123
Not as yet, not can I confirm he will - he expressed interest in the idea a couple of weeks ago, with a couple of other suggestions for investigation, and that's all I know.
I've looked many times over the years for a company that offers the service but never found one - if you should find one, please let me know 😎👍
Cool tip Terry.
Thanks
ESAB Sentinel A50 has that yellow lens. I have only seen one person using it and he seems to like it but I'm far too cheap to spend that much money. I myself use Chicago Electric Auto-Darkening (no grind mode on this particular model) which works just fine.
Thank you
Samuel Quintero ,
Do the cheaper helmets cause eye strain, or the purple spots?
true color power lens
Once you've welded with a auto darkening helmet you never go back to the old style!! mine is a auto darkening helmet by hobart I think.
A lot of times, i still stick weld with my old hood but for mig the auto hood spoiled me
I just got a new auto dark helmet and I am going to get a cheater lens for it. I have a vid on the helmet I got. I have never used an auto helmet before and I have a bunch of welding to do so I'm looking forward to it.
I almost need it to weld anymore. Amazon also has them ,i just put a link in the description for them at amazon.
cool, thanks
Eastwood yellow lens
Well i never lol, lenses for welding masks, i learn something new everyday :-))
They are nice.
have to try one of those
I love it , best $10 spent in a long time
little health tip, cleaner eating clears the eyes to see better !! sometimes when i eat like crap it dirties the fluid in my eyes , but when i eat clean like fruits it clears and i can see like when i was young !! bad oils etc, do smoothies grapes lemon watermelon etc , you will See !!
That is so cool.
Thanks
Nice hook up. .CJ
Thanks
very cool
Thanks
So do you put humps on the lense facing you or facing twords the outside of you?
I usually put them in i think
I really need magnifyers for my helmet. Welding with my powertig welder is getting more and more difficult to see the puddle properly with my eyes gettting older
Never seen that b4
They are Cool. lol
ebay.com has them
I had never used a cheater before in a helmet, the other day I grabbed a helmet from someone at work to quick tack a piece on, I thought the weld was coming through the glass at me 3D action.
Cool
5 years later, your comment & this video quality content means my next stop is Amazon. Thank you.
I want to mount my phone in there. Then I could zoom it in, why don't they make a camera welding helmet?
dont work with all helmets.
using a cheater is the only way i can see to weld anymore
I hear ya.
Nice cheater...
Thanks