New Acetylene/Oxy torch

[buttface]

I bought the Victor journeyman torch kit. Found two used tanks on craigslist and bought a cart. I went to Airgas and exchanged the tanks for two full ones, about $950 later I have a nice setup.
Can anyone recommend some good US made welding gloves? How about some eye protection, can I get by with just a 3or4 shade pair of goggles as opposed to a full face mask?

 

[ClrkLndeKmt'su]

I bought the Victor journeyman torch kit. Found two used tanks on craigslist and bought a cart. I went to Airgas and exchanged the tanks for two full ones, about $950 later I have a nice setup.
Can anyone recommend some good US made welding gloves? How about some eye protection, can I get by with just a 3or4 shade pair of goggles as opposed to a full face mask?

I used to braze for a living, so I do all my torch work with either #3 or #5 braze glasses. Unless I'm wearing my prescription glasses instead of contacts, then I usually put my helmet on.

 

[machine_punk]

I generally use a full welding helmet, but you can use #5 shade goggles. If you have glasses, they even make a couple of different styles of goggle which will flip up and still fit over your glasses. You can experiment for cheap on which shade you need...glass replacement lenses are a couple of bucks each at your LWS, in whatever shade you want.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your projects

kev

 

[sdguy55]

This is probably a different answer than you are looking for but food for thought.

I had one project where the place where I was torching was very bright when the torch was on and i was gonna be there awhile. The company supplies us with black safety glasses but in this instance it wasn't cutting it (pun intended) I had my Oakleys there that day and decided to just give it a shot. It was a fair bit better than the safety glasses as far as brightness and it was comfy to boot.
Not saying they replace a good set of goggles or glasses dedicated to using a cutting torch but in a pinch it worked great

 

[BD1]

If cutting in the open, a tinted #5 face shield is my choice.

 

[CWP1616L]

Get a shade 5 face shield. FIBRE-METAL.

 

[kevin47]

I generally use a full welding helmet, but you can use #5 shade goggles. If you have glasses, they even make a couple of different styles of goggle which will flip up and still fit over your glasses. You can experiment for cheap on which shade you need...glass replacement lenses are a couple of bucks each at your LWS, in whatever shade you want.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your projects

kev

This is one method professional welders never do...If you mean by inserting a # 5 lens in your welding helmet...To pick up the "wrong" helmet and "strike an arc" with the # 5 lens is just plain idiotic...Does keep your face from getting sunburned though...But that's no excuse...For putting that lens in a helmet it doesn't belong...Hold the torch at arms length and you won't have that problem...

 

[64Trvlr]

Can anyone recommend some good US made welding gloves? How about some eye protection, can I get by with just a 3or4 shade pair of goggles as opposed to a full face mask?

I've been using Tillman gloves for years and have no complaints about them. I have their TIG gloves, some really heavy gloves for stick welding and cutting and others for general use and metal handling .

When I was using a torch 20-30 hours a week I had my eye glass place make me up a pair of prescription glasses with shade 5 lenses. They worked great for plasma works too!

 

[machine_punk]

This is one method professional welders never do...If you mean by inserting a # 5 lens in your welding helmet...To pick up the "wrong" helmet and "strike an arc" with the # 5 lens is just plain idiotic...Does keep your face from getting sunburned though...But that's no excuse...For putting that lens in a helmet it doesn't belong...Hold the torch at arms length and you won't have that problem...

Not sure what you mean here...are you saying a pro welder wouldn't put a #5 shade in a helmet because he might then pick up that helmet and use it for something which would require a #10 shade accidentally?

So far, I am using $35, fixed shade helmets. As a hobbyist, I can still afford to have a helmet for each shade I need (and just mark it with the shade in an obvious place). This isn't even really an issue for me, since I only have one process at home...OxyAcetylene...so the only helmet I'm going to pick up is the one with the #5 shade lens.

I may still have misunderstood you. I'd be interested in hearing why it might be a concern for professionals and what pro's do to avoid the problem (do they just always use goggles for OA, instead of a full helmet?)

Kev

 

[buttface]

Terrific, I got on cyberweld, and ordered up the fibre-metal face shield with #5 shade,, and some good pigskin gloves.
It sounds pretty sad, but I've watched numerous youtube videos on a proper & safe startup and shut down procedure,, and so far so good.
I haven't cut anything yet, I need to get a good steel welding table,, any suggestions on where I can get one?

 

[theknurl]

for O/A welding i use glasses, overhead goggles
for cutting, goggles that fit.....wait till it splashes back on you

for O/A brazing with Jet Flux, DARK glasses

i have 4 TIG/MIG helmets 7, 8, 9 & 10 with different diopter lenses in each one

and a full helmet for stick, i change the glass and lens for the job

 

[PCO6]

I'm still into the nerdie look.