HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
05-04-2008, 10:33 AM
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HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
Just curious if anyone who TIG welds uses a HF autodarkening helmet? My helmet has never gave me any problems when using my MIG but when I bust out the TIG. It's like it not dimming enough cause it's like I'm welding without a helmet. I can go back bust out my MIG and it works fine. It's like it just can't handle the TIG's rays. I don't even weld with the TIG cause I don't feel like looking like Ray Charles. 
I've got the helmet adjusted as high and quick to darken as it can go and still rawdogs my eyeballs.
I've got the helmet adjusted as high and quick to darken as it can go and still rawdogs my eyeballs.
05-04-2008, 02:25 PM
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Re: HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
My HF did the same thing. Its almost like it flares up. Mine would work for a few minutes, then it was like it quit dimming for a second, then went back to dark. It started really ------- up my welds because it was blinding when it flashed. I wanna keep my eyesight 
so I just purchased a Jackson Executive VL-HTLS for $265 online.
Cartridge might be going bad on that HF, but I didn't ---- with it. Figured it was time for an upgrade anyway.
so I just purchased a Jackson Executive VL-HTLS for $265 online. Cartridge might be going bad on that HF, but I didn't ---- with it. Figured it was time for an upgrade anyway.
05-06-2008, 05:37 AM
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Re: HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
stop using continuous high frequency, its ------- up the electronics in the helmet. high freq is just electricity jumping though the air and it ***** up cell phones, watches, ---- like that.
05-06-2008, 05:37 PM
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Re: HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
uh, i weld daily on aluminum which requires the use of hf continuous and it never ***** with my miller auto darkening helmet.
adjust that bitch or get you a nice helmet, or get a flip helmet the tried and true way
adjust that bitch or get you a nice helmet, or get a flip helmet the tried and true way
05-07-2008, 09:46 PM
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Re: HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
I got a speedglas helmet a while back, the low-end model at ~$149 @ebay IIRC. I've used it for TIG and it works fine. Seriously the best money I've ever spent on something, including -----. But thats because I don't have to pay for ----- either 
