I would like to purchase an auto darkening helmet, but sofar I haven't seen one which allows me to place a magnifying lens inside. My current helmet allows that and I guess at my age that is becoming more and more necessary, but I have not been able to locate an auto helmet which allows that. Our local welding shop here in Maine boldly proclaimed that that does not exist.
Any suggestions
Uwe
My suggestion is simple: get some reading glasses, wear them inside your hood, use any hood you like! :-)
GWE
I agree with Grant's suggestion. I buy reading glasses at the $1 store and wear them whenever I weld.
I have a Harbor Freight autodark helmet and before I got the reading glasses I used a couple of pieces of tape to hold a standard welding magnifying lens in it and it worked fine.
Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com
"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"
That's what I did. Duct tape and a 1.5 magnifying lens. All of a sudden, I could see the pool!
Peter
Jackson, and Speedglas both have this option for their hoods.
I use reading glasses from the local dollar store. Works great.
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the s*it out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner
Miller helmets have this capability. Here is a link to their lenses:
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