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Would a Welder's Helmet

TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
Be safe to watch the solar eclipse with?

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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
    Be safe to watch the solar eclipse with?

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    Purty much an inanimate object so you should be safe. Don
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,375 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have read several places and heard a #13 shade is what is needed any darker makes it difficult and lighter may pose a risk
    and from what was posted its not all that common to have one
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Arc Yes. Gas goggles no. Auto Darkening will not work.
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NO!

    A #12 lens (and anything less) is not dark enough.

    A #14 Lens is too dark

    #13 lens are very hard to find.

    Of course, if you keep one eye closed.....
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  • chiefrchiefr Member Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I watched the full transit of Venus last time with a welders helmet, not the auto darkening time. No issues at all.
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  • PdogPdog Member Posts: 291 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    newspaper said a 14 but didn't look any farther.
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  • slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The problem is that mind are not marked. Will watch it on TV tomorrow night. Nothing is worth damaging my 72 year old eys any more than they are already damaged.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cloudy so will need to see it on the news.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will assume that Trinity forgot to use the green sarcasm font. That's kinder than assuming he has somehow missed the approximately 9,538 notices, warnings, stories, and even threads here warning about welding helmets and the eclipse. Because nobody can be that oblivious.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine is an auto darkening helmet and I don't think it will work.

    I am going to watch it but not look directly at it.
    RLTW

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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well Rocky Raab, considering I haven't logged on GB for several days I am oblivious to what you have been aware of for evidently so long.

    I do have two welding helmets, one is an Older Helmet that I can't say what it is rated at, and an auto-darkening newer one that can dial up to 13. However, like previously it doesn't work, but the older one does.

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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my welder was ok and we had the varying layers of clouds..i just grabbed the fixed instead of an auto dark
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NASA says a minimum of #12 welding glass and also said some people might think that would be a little too bright for them. Or a 13 or 14, the 14 is said to be too dark to really see too much, whereas a 13 is perfect. But they're really hard to get hold of.

    I bought #12s for it and it wasn't too bright for me

    I'm wondering if two sixes would work,
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, Trinity, you must also have been absent from newspapers, TV, radio, and the entire rest of the internet to not be aware of the eclipse and the viewing recommendations.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cranked the sensitivity up and the highest darknesd setting, stared at the sun with no problems. Only thing that bothered me is it got cold real quick here.
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  • arraflipperarraflipper Member Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used my old welding helmet, it was hazy here with the helmet you could see it pretty clear. Then went back into the shop and work.
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First correct answer :)
    quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
    NASA says a minimum of #12 welding glass and also said some people might think that would be a little too bright for them. Or a 13 or 14, the 14 is said to be too dark to really see too much, whereas a 13 is perfect. But they're really hard to get hold of.

    I bought #12s for it and it wasn't too bright for me

    I'm wondering if two sixes would work,
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My pinhole onto a piece of cardboard worked fine. No full-head box.

    Well, the world didn't end. Guess I'll go ahead and pay my school tax bill ... [:(]
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rocky Rabb,

    If you must know I was a CMA State bike rally since last Thursday.

    I didn't get back till late last night, so I had better things to do then check the internet or read a newspaper.

    By the way I did use my older welder's helmet, and it worked just fine.

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  • RadarRadar Member Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used my old welding helmet and im not blind, but then i made it thru my early teen years without going blind so the eclipse was a walk in the park.[:D]
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used two helmuts...
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  • drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I pulled a Trump and looked at the Sun. Nope no eclipse to be seen in Africa.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Trinity, so I was right, huh?
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rocky Raab,

    That I wasn't tracking all the alleged past GB post about watching the eclipse safely...yes, but then you "assumed", and when you assume you make an "*" out of "u" and "me"...[;)]

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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What assume? I said you must have been absent from newspapers, TV, radio, and the entire rest of the internet. And you admit you were.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rocky, it's your quote.

    "I will assume that Trinity forgot to use the green sarcasm font."

    It was an honest question I asked here. Why are you so hung up on it? Check your reasoning for even asking your question. Was it to try and call me out, or did you just want poke the bear?

    Maybe it's just the way you type, but you are coming across like an internet bully looking to pick a fight.

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  • Okie743Okie743 Member Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just got my cataracts removed few months back and seeing real good now for shooting and hunting. I just watched it on TV. Could have used my welding helmet and I had several of the #13 lens that I no longer use and could have easily installed.

    My thoughts were why look at it when I can see it on TV. Surely I can trust the news for maybe once that it won't be FAKE news again, but again several people paid lots of money and did not have to trust the news.
    Maybe some people are really listening to Donald about FAKE news and not trusting the news media.[;)]
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  • PacManPacMan Member Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Set my auto darkening to 13 and cranked the sensitivity...work like a charm even when the sun got dim. Even snuck a peek directly at it just like I did back in 1979. [:)]
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