Anyone using a pancake for welding?
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No, not like that, but when I was welding ships together, sometimes I would have to cobble up my own welding hoods to get into a tight spot.
I was well known in my area of the shipyard for mirror welding, so whenever there was a tight spot to weld, guess who got the job?
I really did not mind as I like a challenge.
Note: For those that do not know, mirror welding is where a weld is so hard to access that you cannot see the area to weld, so you use a mirror to see it. This is really tough because in a mirror, every movement is suddenly backwards. Left is right, and right is left. It is true that we shave in a mirror, but in that situation we have ALWAYS shaved backwards so we do not know the difference. In mirror welding your brain has to switch back and forth.
In tractor terms, it is like operating an excavator in Cat Control one moment, and then switching to John Deere controls the next, and being just as good in either hydraulic configuration.
Sometimes, in order to get your hood close enough to see in super difficult spots, you had to make your own welding hoods.
I was well known in my area of the shipyard for mirror welding, so whenever there was a tight spot to weld, guess who got the job?
I really did not mind as I like a challenge.Note: For those that do not know, mirror welding is where a weld is so hard to access that you cannot see the area to weld, so you use a mirror to see it. This is really tough because in a mirror, every movement is suddenly backwards. Left is right, and right is left. It is true that we shave in a mirror, but in that situation we have ALWAYS shaved backwards so we do not know the difference. In mirror welding your brain has to switch back and forth.
In tractor terms, it is like operating an excavator in Cat Control one moment, and then switching to John Deere controls the next, and being just as good in either hydraulic configuration.
Sometimes, in order to get your hood close enough to see in super difficult spots, you had to make your own welding hoods.
nybirdman
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Worked pipe construction for 25 years as a welder/fitter;never saw any-one use one of those.Most common on pipe-line welders,out-doors and down hill welding.
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They're supposed to work very well for outdoors. They have a balsa wood eye box that you sand to fit your facial contours, which eliminates reflection from light coming in behind you. I've been considering one.
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Do they come in AD and with third arm/hand to help hold work.... Seem sort of limited...
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I'm more into Waffle House welding than Pancake welding....
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crazyal
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Decades ago my Lincoln Weldpak 100 came with a handheld face shield. Since I paid for it I tried it. I quickly realized the limitations. One of the main reasons most welding helmets are shaped like they are is to deflect molten metal. I don't see a lot of them but I do know that there's at least one company that makes a hood that attaches to the helmet to block light from the rear as well as protecting your head/ neck from sparks.
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I really miss de time when welders built der own rigs and made der own equipment.
I figure first pancake was made by a man with some orange crate slats and a pair of box goggles he stuck a shade 10 plate in.
Today we got too few mechanics left and way too many buyers. Buyers all runnin fast as dey can to make de next payment.
I figure first pancake was made by a man with some orange crate slats and a pair of box goggles he stuck a shade 10 plate in.
Today we got too few mechanics left and way too many buyers. Buyers all runnin fast as dey can to make de next payment.