Like the suggestion of a halogen work light to spark a solar powered mask into life, but the ones I got wouldn't even respond correctly to an uncharacteristically bright Scottish sun! So, with the aid of the Freepost return label from Axy, they are now somewhere in the post between here and the far south.
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What settings does the Axminster headshield have then?
Normally a sensitivity setting and a shade setting, sometimes a delay, never seen one that said a particular method of welding, odd.
Eye Tech, i had them for about 10 years, got one of these now....
http://www.weldability-sif.com/pages/vi ... =FXADF800S and prefer it over the eyetech if i'm honest.
I can't remember which headshield it was, quite possibly a budget Esab one, came with a warning 'Keep away from sources of heat' :lol:
Normally a sensitivity setting and a shade setting, sometimes a delay, never seen one that said a particular method of welding, odd.
Eye Tech, i had them for about 10 years, got one of these now....
http://www.weldability-sif.com/pages/vi ... =FXADF800S and prefer it over the eyetech if i'm honest.
I can't remember which headshield it was, quite possibly a budget Esab one, came with a warning 'Keep away from sources of heat' :lol:
it has all the details on the axminster one in the "key features" :/
the eye tech one has a larger viewing area, but other than that I don't see that much of an advantage. The axminster one has the settings knob on the outside which I like, esspecially when having to switch between several jobs requiring different shades. The axminster one also seems to darken faster. Think on paper I prefer the axminster one, though after looking into it decided against buying it, I need a slightly better one really
the eye tech one has a larger viewing area, but other than that I don't see that much of an advantage. The axminster one has the settings knob on the outside which I like, esspecially when having to switch between several jobs requiring different shades. The axminster one also seems to darken faster. Think on paper I prefer the axminster one, though after looking into it decided against buying it, I need a slightly better one really
