Thread: Welding Lenses

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Hi, long time between posts here but this one caught my eye.I just graduated from welding school at Thompson M-Tec and I got to do a great deal of Tig. Just bought myself a used Miller Syncrowave 250. I use a Jackson non-darkening hood with a gold shield and 1.75 diopters. The shield is a 10 and I have had nothing but great results with it. The gold gives you a great look at the puddle, with no arc glare whatsoever. I use a different Jackson setup for mig and a entirely different headbucket for stick. I use a 2.0 diopter with the mig and set the darkening selector to 10. The reason I use a different hood for stick is they get ate up alot faster so I stay on the cheaper side, abeit safe too. But even with stick I'm usually around 10-11. I would not make a bump on a good welders assm but after 1000 hrs of sticktime, I'm getting a good feel for it. Hope this helps. Heres a tig line on very thin aluminum.