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I hate to say it but Harbor Freight, $50.00. Adjustable between 9-13 and has a grind mode as well. I had to replace the last one after 5 years. HF with a 20% off coupon is the best deal around.....on my second one its lasted 10+ years....
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An aside here, I have heard of a red hot ball of molten steel going in a man's ear, and out his mouth, that was cutting with a torch under a car. It gives me the shivers seeing my self type that. I've had them in my ear a few times. It's a loud pain.
Something clever here.
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An aside here, I have heard of a red hot ball of molten steel going in a man's ear, and out his mouth, that was cutting with a torch under a car. It gives me the shivers seeing my self type that. I've had them in my ear a few times. It's a loud pain. Sizzle sizzle sizzle, somebody frying bacon? Been there, though none ever made it out through my mouth.
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I have an expensive auto hood that the lens went bad on, so I bought a cheap auto hood in town....it was all that was available.
The cheap hood has the shade adjustment in the form of a knob on the outside. I would recommend a hood with internal adjustments.
That knob on the outside always seems to get tweaked when I don and doff the helmet.
I will be buying a Lincoln soon.
I am MAGA.
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I will be buying a Lincoln soon. I like my 3350 so far. Huge lens, adjustable shade and delay, sensitivity.. grind mode. Just don't forget to flip it off of grind mode before you go back to striking an arc. lol, I've done it to myself several times now. All in all, it's a huge improvement over my 15 year old speedglass.
Something clever here.
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I will be buying a Lincoln soon. I like my 3350 so far. Huge lens, adjustable shade and delay, sensitivity.. grind mode. Just don't forget to flip it off of grind mode before you go back to striking an arc. lol, I've done it to myself several times now. All in all, it's a huge improvement over my 15 year old speedglass. I was leaning toward getting a 3350. Speedglas has just came out with a new hood , 9002nc. Small lens, which is what i favor. Got one ordered from the LWS.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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I've used more hoods than I can remember after 30 years of welding. I'm not up on the latest and greatest auto-hoods but I've had a number of very expensive ones. They're all garbage now. It sounds like you are more of a hobby welder so I'd look for something cheaper. I bought one of these for a spare in the shop last fall and it's working great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EL6N294/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1As mentioned, don't get anything with external adjustments as they always get bumped. P.S. Get used to those 3/32" 6010. You can do anything with them once you get the hang of it. I use 7018 about 100:1 compared to all my other rods but those little 6010 can do some neat things in skilled hands.
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"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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I have maybe 30 thousand hours under a Tigerhood pipeliner with the auto dark. Never a problem. Would you happen to have a link? When I google "Tigerhood Pipeliner", google puts in "Tigerhood vs. Pipeliner" Makes it look like they are competing brands. Thanks.
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My typo, Buford. It's a pipeliner. Old,grey and retired. Been awhile, Sir.
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They also make replacement lenses that are self darkening for existing hoods. (Yes, i know you are replacing yours)
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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I use a NEXGEN
expensive but I weld almost every day.
There are some good lower cost ones out there.
I want the best for my old eyes
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I use a NEXGEN
expensive but I weld almost every day.
There are some good lower cost ones out there.
I want the best for my old eyes That's what I always tell people when they ask for advice about welding shields and bock at price, new eyes are very expensive, if you can find them. If you want cheap get a quality fixed (non-auto darkening) lens/filter. HF is the last company I'm trusting my vision to. I've been using an Optrel Satellite K600 since 2007 and added an Optrel e670 a few years later as a backup. I almost always use the K600.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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My faithful old NexGen became erratic after 10+ years so I bought a Jackson Insight off the weekly welding truck.
Less than $150 and it works well.
The NexGen was my baby but I like the Insight better, put it on and weld, no need to turn it on each time.
For clipping onto the hardhat, I use the cheapest Jackson I can get so I won't cry when it takes a falllllll.
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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My faithful old NexGen became erratic after 10+ years so I bought a Jackson Insight off the weekly welding truck.
Less than $150 and it works well.
The NexGen was my baby but I like the Insight better, put it on and weld, no need to turn it on each time.
For clipping onto the hardhat, I use the cheapest Jackson I can get so I won't cry when it takes a falllllll. I dropped my first one and broke it. bout killed me to go back to my back up cheap filters. It was just as much to get the entire hood and lens as it was to get just the lens. I am more careful now.
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An aside here, I have heard of a red hot ball of molten steel going in a man's ear, and out his mouth, that was cutting with a torch under a car. It gives me the shivers seeing my self type that. I've had them in my ear a few times. It's a loud pain. Sizzle sizzle sizzle, somebody frying bacon? Been there, though none ever made it out through my mouth. I need to ask my audiologist if that may have contributed to my (non) hearing problem. It'll be interesting to hear the answer.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I have an Optrel also, very light and auto darken works very well. Just a hobby welder, but it works for me. Much better than the cheapo's.
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