Above 1200 Sq/FT Blackbyrds Basement

[OutlawDrifter]

This is how you become a snob about certain tools/parts/etc. The statement "how did I ever do X without Y"!

Any job can be done with basic stuff, but man, sometimes the primo stuff makes it soooooo much faster and easier....and better.

 

[Blackbyrd]

100% accurate im all for a tool the makes the experience of the task less of a pain point.

Truth, Id been dreading trying to finish this cause it was such a pain with the older helmet. Now im excited to clean up the driver side and call that done.

 

[zmotorsports]

I still mostly use my old Jackson fixed shade helmet, but my son and wife bought me the Miller Elite auto helmet about 15 years or so ago. I used it only occasionally, especially when under chassis work because flipping the fixed shade helmet down was very cumbersome in tight spaces. A couple of years ago I upgraded myself to the Lincoln auto helmet and have been slowly transitioning to using it more and more as I kind of like it.

For really tight places, Miller makes a set of goggles with a facemask that works pretty well. I don't use it very often, but when in very tight places it is a gamechanger as it fits the face quite snugly.

 

[Blackbyrd]

Mike that was gonna be my next step, cause i had concerns this would limit me yhe same way. But having the light positioned in a space that no matter what I did i wouldn't block and make a shadow or have it shining in the backside of the helmet solved a majority of my problems. It was just not a fun space to work in and being on a loft wouldn't have made it better either. A rotisserie would have, but why invest in that at this stage?

The cost of this helmet was juat so inexpensive for the perceived gains I took a chance and it paid off.