i know i know, i am 30 and goin back to school.
alls i can say being flat rate for the past 14 years frikin sucked. i have had it and want to do this on my own terms. like my own car. he hee.
right now i have the old selstrom i got from northern hydraulics like 10 years ago.
it is the smaller lens, auto darkening. i have already taken the mig course, so i needed it for that class.
i value my instructors oppinion, and just want a few more. he has suggested a nexgen? i have to ask him specifically. but yeah.
i am getting into structurial and pipe so i need a hood that will work well with that.
not worrying about respirators yet, employer actually has to do with that.
links and pics appreciated. thanks in advance.

 

i like the speedglas hoods my self.

 

Get a NEXGEN. from Jackson.

You wont regret.

 

was looking at them and the speedglas.
luckilly i have a friend that works at a welding supply shop, and get rediculous hookups on. they carry both.
thanks.

keep em comin.

 

I have a miller elite. I really like it alot.

 

Get a $25 Jackson big window normal helmet too. Sometimes you don't want to use an autodark helmet and a normal one comes in handy.

 

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not sure what kind mine is but it has a big window and the $29.99 price tag still on it

 

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I know how that goes. Use and return right?

 

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I actually think everyone should buy the fancy ones with the paint.



Tell me that's not worth the extra $20!

 

I don't know about going to Pheonix .Thats not a very nice HOOD.But I live in a good hood now in Calif.

OH wrong kind of hood..Then I would say an old Chevy truck hood. They are pretty strong.

OH one of these



Modified by RMF at 10:39 PM 9/21/2006

 

HAHA.....

my jackson hood works great. i got a small *** window though. a bigger window would be a good thing...

 

i :heart: my speedglas 9002x

 

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every kid in my class has one like that. id rather have a straight black one and paint what ever the hell i wan t on it.

 

Just use some "blue-blocker" sunglasses, you'll be good to go

 

I use the Miller Elite hood. It has a big window and reacts super fast. I have yet to be flashed by a slow reaction time.

Comes with many spatter shields, helmet bag, adjustable straps, padding, and comes with batteries that last 3000hrs.

 

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he h h eh he hehe ehehhe no.

 

I use a Speedglass 9002x

 

here's mine i love it..............

 

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I had one of those for a year or so. Definatly hurt my eyes a lot more than a flip down.

 

I think there was a thread like this a month ago, and a month before that, and a month before that, and a month before that....

 

ok. dont add your comment then.

get over it dude.....

on the other threads did people need respirators for confined spaces? i am not getting a "i need a hood to weld a manifold" i need a hood that may have provisions for a respirator, side lenses, and things that i could use in a structurial setting, or in a man hole welding pipe.

to the others, thanks.

 

off topic, but what welding school are you going to? I'm from Delaware also and have been thinking of taking some classes.

 

i am in the NCCER apprenticeship classes at delcastle high school.
they have other 72 hour courses geared to a specific dicipline. i am taking em all. getting my apprenticeship done.

 

i hear COMPTON is a good hood this time of the year

 

I don't hurt my eyes at all, there is like 10 settings so it can ba really dark or really light.