What glasses/mask for plasma cutter?

[infinkc]

What glasses/face shield do you all recommend for a plasma cutter? I am reading you don’t need a full welding mask for one.

 

[sponfit]

I use a Uvex full face shield with a shade 3 lens

 

[Sumboodie]

Welding mask is what I use. Just turn it to shade 5 or so.

 

[rlitman]

I wear my Speedglas auto-dark welding mask, and just turn it off. It's off state is shade 5. It lightens to shade 2 when on, but if I do that, it goes black as soon as sparks fly.

Technically any gas welding goggles should be fine, but I prefer a full face shield to keep the sparks away from the rest of my face.

 

[quickfarms]

If you do a lot of plasma cutting only wearing glasses you can get a nice sunburn so I wear my welding helmet with the shade set to the lowest setting

 

[infinkc]

Thanks All, looks like i will just wear my welding mask, cant hurt to be extra safe.