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You strike an arc, and nothing happens. No darkening, no test light, no life at all. When a welding helmet won't turn on, it is genuinely alarming, but the caus...
Your auto-darkening lens darkens when you strike an arc, but then clears before you finish the bead, or flicks back to clear between tacks. If your welding helm...
Welding jacket shrank after washing? Here is why it happens, whether you can fix it, and exactly how to wash an FR or leather welding jacket to prevent shrinkage.
A new welding jacket that feels like wearing a piece of plywood is a right of passage, but it does not have to stay that way for long. Whether your jacket is le...
A welding jacket that fits wrong is not just uncomfortable, it is less safe. Too tight and you cannot reach across a weld without the sleeve riding up and barin...
The first time a spatter ball rolls down your collar and finds bare skin, you learn fast that a good welding jacket is not optional gear. You feel it before you...
The first time I burned through a cotton hoodie, I was tacking a trailer hitch in my buddy's driveway, and a fat glob of slag rolled right down my collar. I sti...
The shade number on a welding lens determines how much light is filtered. Using the wrong shade results in either eye strain and arc flash (too light) or inabil...
A welding magnet is the third hand you do not have to pay. It holds two pieces of steel at the angle you want while you tack, freeing both your hands for the to...
