WELDING BLIND ?

[wildwillie]

Havent done any welding in a long time. Problem now is I can barely see what I am doing sometimes guessing witch way to go (not good) I bought an auto darkening hood that helped a little. Would moving up from a buzz box help?My eyes aren't what they used to be. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Craig Clayton]

Havent done any welding in a long time. Problem now is I can barely see what I am doing sometimes guessing witch way to go (not good) I bought an auto darkening hood that helped a little. Would moving up from a buzz box help?My eyes aren't what they used to be. Any advice would be appreciated.

Dear Sir
I would guess that you are older than you use to be, try using a pair of drug store reading glasses 1.5 diopter or you can buy a 2x4 plastic lens to fit 1.5inside of a old style welding helmet, and set your lens to 10 I had to drop down from 11.
Craig Clayton

 

[20 20]

going to a mig welder may be easier for you??

 

[CWL]

Your welding supplier can help you out with a magnifier that goes inside of your welding helmet like Craig suggested. It's much cheaper than a new welder and will be more likely to be effective.

 

[jdonovan]

Havent done any welding in a long time. Problem now is I can barely see what I am doing sometimes guessing witch way to go (not good) I bought an auto darkening hood that helped a little. Would moving up from a buzz box help?My eyes aren't what they used to be. Any advice would be appreciated.

Can't see because of lighting i.e. too dark? Or can't see due to focus/blurry view?

Too dark, get a lower shade number lens. For low amp work even #9 might not be light enough. Most of the auto dark helmets I've seen only go down to 9.

A helmet with a larger view port might help you get better view of the work area.

Also remove the lenses and clean them. I've found my helmets get very dusty sitting around the shop and the dust can block quite a bit of light.

As much as we hate to admit it, aging eyes may need some level of corrective lens. It might be as simple as a $10 pair of readers from the drug store.

 

[Low Bucket]

Is your eyes giving you problems when your not welding?

If they are then don't buy an 'auto darkening welding helmet' from Harbor Freight.- It will make your eyes get worse and possibly cause you to go blind.- I tried the HF helmet and it burned my eyes.- I have a Jackson welding helmet and haven't had any problems with my eyes, and all the welders at work use Jackson helmets.

Do a search on here for welding helmets.

 

[biggerten]

Dear Sir
I would guess that you are older than you use to be, try using a pair of drug store reading glasses 1.5 diopter or you can buy a 2x4 plastic lens to fit 1.5inside of a old style welding helmet, and set your lens to 10 I had to drop down from 11.
Craig Clayton

These things are great - Clip on magnifiers

 

[Egon]

Have you had a proper medical check on your eyes??

 

[wushaw]

You need to put some light on the subject, like a tripod halogen light. You would be supprised what adding an external light source to your welding area can do for seeing what your doing.
I know the arc from the weld adds light but try the extra light source and see if that helps, I know it helps me considerably.

 

[travis potter]

Try drawing a line where your weld will be with your soap-stone the white line makes a big differance. use a # 8 or #9 linse. I use a hand held face shield which helps me. Just my way of doing it.