Confession is good for the soul

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I bought a Lincoln Viking 3550 helmet from my LWS about a year or so ago. I wanted to upgrade from my fixed lens helmet and he highly recommended the 3550. The price seemed reasonable. So, with no research whatsoever, I bought one. I used it a few times and was satisfied, but was having trouble seeing what I was doing very clearly. I read a little online and was pleased to see all of the positive reviews this helmet had received. I started using cheater glasses and my satisfaction improved. Overall, however, I knew I still needed to practice watching the puddle as I welded. Reel ahead to last week when I took the lens out of the helmet to clean the front plastic shield. As I replaced it in the helmet, I noticed....the translucent green plastic film over the inside of the lens unit. Blink, blink. Needless to say, I now see the puddle very clearly and am really enjoying such a fine welding helmet. Having used it both ways as, say, an experiment, I would recommend removing all of the plastic protective film before putting it into use!
Reply:Been there, done that.Even if it's the clear wrapper, it still screws you up.Just a couple welders, big hammers, grinders, and torches.Work will free you.Men in dirty jeans built this country, while men in clean suits have destroyed it. Trump/Carson 2016-2024
Reply:most of us bypass reading the instructions and go right into using or building it......Of all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Originally Posted by roadkillbobbmost of us bypass reading the instructions and go right into using or building it......
Reply:that is a great confession. . . . . ."oh, so that is how this is SUPPOSED to work" comes out of my mouth more than i would like to admit.my co-workers know all to well. they have an idea, and im all "well, i wish it was that easy, but we're going to have to blah, blah. . . . .wait a minute, we could just. . . . .oh, i see what your getting at. . . .thanks"such is life, and life is goodbosses stuff:trailblazer 325maxstar 200my stuff:sa 200fronius transpocket 180100 amp Lincoln w/f97 f350 DITKevin
Reply:"such is life, and life is good"  Ain't that the truth!!!!
Reply:my confession:  I will be filthy rich when i invent a ground-less welder ... i never remember to move the damn thing from part to part.  AWS CWI xxxx21711968 SA200  Originally Posted by WelderMike  I hate being bipolar, It's awesome.
Reply:I too found that American cheese on a sandwich is more palatable without the clear plastic wrapper.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
Reply:My wife refused to remove the protective plastic film from her new Android phone.  She didn't want her new phone to get scratched up.  Of course the film scratches easily but phone screens these days are bomb proof.  By the time she finally removed it she could hardly read the phone while in sunlight or under bright lights.Century buzzbox that I learned on 40+ years ago (was Dad's)Crappy Century 110volt mig 70 amp pigeon pooper.Lincoln Idealarc TIG-300
Reply:I believe it was David R, who was given a new helmet because the original owner said it blurred his vision....plastic never removed.
Reply:Took me all morning one day last week to figure out why my brand new Viking 1740 wasn't darkening... Batteries weren't in it.My "collection":Homemade Stick WelderVictor O/A TorchAC 225Ideal Arc 250HF 90 Amp Flux CoreHF Mig 170Solar 2020 Plasma CutterPower i-Mig 140EHarris O/A torchHF Dual Mig 131140STAlpha Tig 200x
Reply:Did a couple of small MIG projects with my HH210 in reverse polarity before realizing it was set up for flux core from the factory.Hobart 210 MVPHTP Invertig 221 + coolerEverlast SuperUltra 205
Reply:Originally Posted by Danielvetpath, I noticed....the translucent green plastic film over the inside of the lens unit. Blink, blink. Needless to say, I now see the puddle very clearly and am really enjoying such a fine welding helmet. Having used it both ways as, say, an experiment, I would recommend removing all of the plastic protective film before putting it into use!
Reply:My first new machine, brand new MM252 and I was so excited to weld with it that I forgot to turn the gas on and welded for about three inches before I realized that something wasn't right. I was so excited.....
Reply:I love to weld 6010 on AC. Not sure why I do, but the facts is the facts.Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:Originally Posted by ZizzleDid a couple of small MIG projects with my HH210 in reverse polarity before realizing it was set up for flux core from the factory.
Reply:i remember cutting a bunch of steel up 111", when it was supposed to be 11'-1" (but written 11  1"). . ... . .  .my boss had a sign above his computer that read something like,"better to ask a dumb question than make a stupid mistake". . . . . .that day was the FIRST time i saw that sign lololol.just recently, on a hospital, and after hearing "simple, just make the tubing hit the holes, and weld to the beam!" i had a bunch of steel cut and holes drilled before i looked closer at the "prints" (rough sketch) showing a 6" core through the deck and the holes catching "cross-beams" so that the mains would miss the holes. . . . . .. me, head down, "ummmm, well, not sure how i missed it, but. . . AHEM, umm, i need another length of 4x8x1/4 tube. . . . .not going to make inspection either. . . . . that one really hurt my egobosses stuff:trailblazer 325maxstar 200my stuff:sa 200fronius transpocket 180100 amp Lincoln w/f97 f350 DITKevin
Reply:I was fighting with the wire feed suitcase the other day for about a half hour. I couldn't get it even close to set right. Then I noticed it was set on cc and the machine it was hooked to was cv duh