Re: Reply: [ihc] Welders

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 11:38 AM, David Raistrick wrote:

> A welder friend of mine (does a lot of bodywork for a living) doesn't 
> like
> to use auto-darkers, because of the extra flash your eyes are exposed 
> to
> before it darkens.  To much eyestrain.
I have a rather expensive auto-darkening mask, and I can't use it. I'm 
so conditioned to avoiding a flash that when I start the arc with the 
non-darkened plate, my eyelids close, and stay closed until I break the 
arc.

Sounds pretty stupid, but I can't bring myself to keep my eyes open 
long enough to see if the mask is really working. Interesting too, that 
these masks (at least my mask) by design, will not darken when looking 
toward the sun, so you can't test a mask this way. I called the factory 
rep to get this information.

John

John Hofstetter
www.goldrush.com/~hofs