I was stick welding outside on monday, breezy and I had a good quality dust mask on too, felt sh!t that afternoon, bad throat and generally crap feeling. Fumes may have been blowing into the shed and lingering there and got them later.Can you just weld outside instead?!
the speedglass one i put up a few posts back was €1000 5 years ago.Two questions chaps. What are these air fed masks costing? I have an old mask I’m thinking of replacing and it’s clarity is 1/3/1. The 3 is really bad according to google but would a part time user notice? It’s an ancient xelux auto darkening one that is still a runner.
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thats exactly the way i work it here as well.Quite right, the average Joe who fixes the odd thing here n there is never going to justify having an air fed unit.
Likewise, anyone who is a regular user, will still use a standard helmet for tacking up, or tiny jobs where you are only welding for a few minutes?
That’s what I intend to do anyway, the air fed helmet will come into its own on bigger projects, where everything is fitted up and tacked, and final welding can commence. It’s sensible then to get rigged up with the air fed helmet and crack on in comfort.
I could have got a conversion kit for my Esab A50, but then I’d be committed to using it all the time! So chose to have a second unit.
@Shovelhands ,....you got your new helmet yet ?,.......how long did they say on delivery ?
Think I will stick with a hand held screen
How am I going to manage a fag in my mouth otherwise
im afraid it wasn't air fed masks or welding fumes that resulted in a skills gap and a decline in manufacturing on mainland UK.We used to have speedglas airfed units where I used to work, great bits of kit as the welding screen used to flip up so the helmet could be used for grinding aswell. They also keep you nice and cool throughout summer. About time the law was changed, makes me wonder if the reason why it wasnt done sooner was to stop people being put off taking a career in fabrication and then having a skills gap, resulting in a decline in manufacturing in the country. Dunno just a thought
This is my extractor fan. I let the building, which is now my workshop, for 17 years before I took it back for my own use. One of my tenants installed this fan years ago, I was pleased to find that it still workred.
As luck would have it, it's immediately above where I wanted to place my welding bench. If I stand back after I've been welding for a few seconds, I can see the fumes rising vertically and finding their way to the fan. It's about 8'-6" above floor level. I know that it's not ideal but I don't do much welding these days.View attachment 789776 on't do much welding these days.