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Read Article Welding Helmet for Glasses Wearers Guide
I wore glasses for most of my welding career before switching to contacts for shop days. Before I made that switch I went through four different welding helmets...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Buying Guide for Grinding and Cut Off Work
Grinding is part of welding. It is not a separate activity that happens somewhere else with different equipment. If you weld, you grind, and if you are using an...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Buying Guide for Home Hobbyists
I have taught more than a few people to weld in home shop settings over the years, and the equipment conversation always starts the same way: they want to know...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Buying Guide for Left-Handed Welders
Left-handed welders spend an inordinate amount of time adjusting to tools designed by and for a right-handed majority. Most of the weld process itself - sting...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Guide for Plasma Cutting
The plasma torch fires and your first instinct is to look away. Not because the arc is exotic, but because most hobbyists have been told the wrong thing about s...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Buying Guide for Professional Fabricators
When someone welds for a living, the helmet is not a purchase they think about the way a hobbyist does. It is a tool they wear for eight to ten hours a day, mul...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Buying Guide for Overhead and Pipe Welding
Overhead welding and pipe welding are two of the most demanding contexts a welding helmet can encounter. Both put the welder in positions where standard helmet...
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Read Article Welding Helmet Headgear Strap Broken: Repair or Replace
Welding helmet headgear broken? Sweatbands and straps can be replaced without buying a new helmet. Here is what to fix, what to replace, and which headgear fits most helmets.
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Read Article Welding Helmet Lens Scratched: What to Do and How to Fix It
You put on the helmet and look through the lens and something is wrong. A web of fine scratches scatters light across the center of the viewing area. A deeper g...