Welding Helmet with LED Lights

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Root Moose

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I'm in the market for a new welding helmet.

I'd like to get something with LED lights built into it if such a thing exists. I figure this would help me see and make better welds and I wouldn't have to mess around with the shop lights as much.

Recommendations?
 
mucovich

mucovich

Till Valhalla!
Do have have an auto darkening helmet? I have no problem seeing with mine, they are worth the money.
 
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Root Moose

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Mud Lite said:
I think Chris's problem , like mine, is age. It isn't so bad working on the bench, but when your up under something even the auto dark isn't clear enough to get that wand in the right spot.
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Bingo.

When I take the time to setup the light "just so" (i.e. 20 minutes of setup per inch of welding it seems) then my welds look awesome. If I weld like "normal people" I end up with gorilla snot looking welds.

MEC is currently down - couldn't see what you posted. I'll check it out later.
 
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soul collector

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I am a welder for Boeing an never have I seen anything like that.If your helment has auto-darkening theses lights would interfear.the best helment will have 4 light sensors,around $480 .The cheaper the helment the slower it will change from light to dark,affecting yer peepers.So get one acording to how much welding you intend to do.
 
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Bad Karma

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i took a led head light from princess auto and riveted it to the top of my auto darkening helmet. worked great in the old poor lite shop.
 
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Root Moose

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Yeah, I'm going to try something like that. I can't see why it wouldn't work when shop lights don't wash out the sensors.
 
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Dirk

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Mig or stick?

If Mig, just keep your helmet up, position the tip, flick it down with a quick nod of your head then press the trigger...you should bestill in the right spot.
With a stick, get close, without striking an arc, flick thehelmet down and move thero abit closer to strike the arc. Chances are that it wont be precission work and if your off abit, just weld towards where you want to be and gring the start of the bead off later.

I have used auto darkening helmets, and while they are kinda cool, I still use my old helmet.
If I did buy one, and I suspect one day I wll, it would have the fastest response time available. The cheap ones react quite slow, have noticed this while using one on dirty steel with a mig, the sputtering was alternately darkening and then not...enough to hurt my eyes.
 
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Bad Karma

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Root Moose said:
Yeah, I'm going to try something like that. I can't see why it wouldn't work when shop lights don't wash out the sensors.
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having a light mounted to the helmet wont set the sensor off. the only way it would is if the light was pointed directly at the sensor... think of it this way, when you weld outside with the sun to your back the helmet works like its supposed to. If you look at the sun (dont actually do this) the helmet darkens as if you are welding. look away, and you can see. sun at you back, etc...
 
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Root Moose

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Exactly... not exactly sure what is being referred to in post #9.
 
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