Something like this.

https://youtu.be/Gbnt0M5ioIE

Hey CJ, It hurt to read that. Lol If 70 is really old... I guess I need to own up to that. Isn't 70 the new 50... or however that saying goes? I'll play with the different magnifications over the next several weeks and see what happens. (My garage heater failed last weekend, and it's cold out there...

Do you have a cheater lens in the helmet? Makes a big difference if you have ant trouble seeing close.

It's doing fine, I see a lot clearer out of that eye. After everything is all adjusted she said welding would be a non issue. I drove after dark last night & didn't notice any halos, although the first day after looking at our LED yard light I saw a big sparkling halo. BTW I got the Light adjust...

It's doing fine, I see a lot clearer out of that eye. After everything is all adjusted she said welding would be a non issue.
I drove after dark last night & didn't notice any halos, although the first day after looking at our LED yard light I saw a big sparkling halo.

I had one eye done yesterday, next Tuesday the other one. I'm going to ask the Doc about welding.

I'll follow this as I'm having my eyes done next week with the adjustable lenses.

The leads aren't too long 25' ground & maybe 35' for electrode, I've always thought the amperage was low on this welder. Suppose I could try my Thunder bolt & give it a try, I don't think I've ever ran it over 110-115 on 3/32.

cj737 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:48 am It’s been my experience that amps help when the slag is tough to remove. Got any pictures you can post?

It's done & painted. Can't remember how to figure the amperage, 60% of the 40-190 range. So I think it should be around 130A kind of high for 3/32 7018 maybe.

Picked up some Excalibur & the slag seems real hard to remove, a lot harder that the Hobart 7018 that I was using.
Is that the way it is?

He would be quite interesting to talk to.

There's a guy in this video that lie high frequency. It's an interesting video if you haven't watched it.

https://youtu.be/RRxAANqmrL0

When I first tried my hand at TIG I was using oxy/acetylene welding rod & it looked a bit like that.

220 here. https://weldingsupply.com/cgi-bin/brows ... SIGNOUT::1

I picked up one of these, much nicer cut. Bought on on sale locally, but they have nicer ones too.
https://store.evolutionpowertools.com/c ... ts/r355cps
https://store.evolutionpowertools.com/c ... -chop-saws

They are still updating, might be worth a call.

I like to flick my BIC the sparks will darken it, if it's working.

Braze or silicon bronze maybe.

Nice table!! Where at in Northern MN?

I'm glad some like em I've had 2 & both of them sucked IMO. This works good at home, if you can find one.
https://www.travers.com/91000-drill-gri ... 7-145-001/

I bought the Viking & finally tried it out. WOW it's like a new pair of eyes, I can everything again.

I had a similar issue a few years ago, I think the torch I was using was broken someplace & it wasn't getting good gas flow or the flow was contaminated. Like you a different torch worked fine.

Don’t know how it compares to Lincoln but I just bought one and it blows away my old cheap helmet. The headgear isn’t that great but in the comments on amazon guys say you can swap it for Lincoln headgear no problem. They even give the item number for the Lincoln headgear. Sent from my iPhone using...

Now I found this one. Is it even close to the Lincoln?

https://www.amazon.com/YESWELDER-Viewin ... B07V9G94NK

Thanks I did find some I thought they might take a different style since the view is bigger.