Why a TIG helmet? What's special about those? I'm not doing any TIG welding...

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don't expect too much from that welder.
Id practice first with that ridiculous plastic shield they provide (did I give you that?)

It works, but needs constant attention to get a good weld. Id feel bad if you got all dressed up for the ball with a nice spiffy helmet, and discovered your date was wearing a burlap sack and was 250lbs heavier than her eharmony advert

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No such thing as a tig helmet. A helmet that will work with tig just has lower sensitivity ranges. Those do nothing for you when welding 1/8" steel.

If you ever decide to go auto dark, spend the money on a good one.

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The more sensitive auto darkening helmets; the ones specifically designed for / recommended for TIG welding are so much better than the cheaper auto darkening ones.

I bought a cheapish - but not the cheapest - auto darkening helmet that works quite well with stick welding even on thin 0.8mm steel plate and low amps but it just does not react to sparks forming at the end of pointy 1.0 mm TIG electrodes...

...definitely need a "TIG helmet" for TIG welding but because it is more sensitive it is way better at protecting your eyes when using MIG or stick. You just don't get any of those nasty moments where you think "%%%% that was bright - the %%%%ing thing didn't darken"...

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

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Make sure the darkness of the glass is rated for the type of welding that you plan to do.

Don't breath the fumes. Super poisonous, kill you quick, make your babies look like stupid fish.

Search, this is probably the fourth or fifth welding thread I have posted to on this site.

There is a used market out there of sizable proportions today. Many things that are surplus to some go very cheap. We became a consumer society and the overconsumption by companies and individuals has made this so in my opinion.

Last week for example I got a new venmar 3100 heat exchanger for a project. Was 350.00 from one private source. Plus two replacement really decent chesterfields for the cottage from another. The individual was moving to Texas from eastern Canada. The deal was they kept one of the chesterfields until they were ready to pull out. For the price it was a reasonale condition and it is home now. So we have four chesterfields in the house until spring when two leave for the cottage.

One has recliners at both ends. Four twenty for the pair. The wife just wanted the old chesterfields out there replaced. When I say decent I mean the used chesterfields where pretty much as new.

Right now I am trying to source a new 60 inch Samsung smart television . Looks like 1299.00 plus tax from sears during the Canadian boxing day sale is about the best I will do. At our age the wife and myself usually aquire a major appliance or something like it as kind of a Christmas gift for each other. Our real Christmas is all the people that come over the holidays and having a very large dinner for many on new years day. Maybe with netflex connections and others we may find something worth watching from time to time on the box. Our provider gives us very few interesting programs on cable currently.