Thread: Stick welder questions

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I just did two things and found out my welding is improving. First I turned the self darkening helmet down to 9, it was on 11. Then I close my eyes as the initial arc is struck, and don't seem to have as much trouble seeing the puddle after that. I am also going to put our halogen work light over my work to further illuminate it. Our flouresant lights are way up in the ceiling and maybe not illuminating the work enough. Plus, my eyesight is not as good as it used to be.

I agree that the self-darkening helmets are the way to go. No more shaking my head to get the helmet to fall down.

Don

Oh, I am also going slower. I noticed when my Son was welding each pass took him longer than if I did it. He told me I was not getting the puddle hot enough to sink down in, that is why my welds looked like bubblegum, they were just sitting on top.