Yamaha G9 Club - Everything G9!

[Mike Mac]

Troub, have to agree with the helmet, i had the old one as well. Got the new style mid way through building a metal rail on a deck. And MAN! What a difference!! My performaance improved greatly!

[G1-G9]

i have both helmets also and its night and day when welding. the regular welding helmet is just collecting dust now.

[sho305]

You guys use a helmet? Lol, where I worked we were on tables and ladders and holding parts, so helmets were only used for welding long welds mostly. I hardly ever put it on my head. I used to get sunburn on my ears, had to rotate what way I turned at times but then got smart and typically shadow the weld with my gloves so it does not shine at my face. But sure I should pick up a darkening helmet some day, just figure the batteries would go dead between weld jobs as I don't do it that much now. It did take a while to learn welding blind, but kind of had to at that job. The stuff we welded was large and you had to climb all over it. Something on the bench I'd use a helmet.

[G1-G9]

I went out to the shop to do some welding one day and i got a good tan on my face from tack welding. two days later i was pealing. My eyes were fine but my face was red. I dont come out of the office and do that anymore.

[TROUBADOUR]

Just found an auto darkening helmet at BIG R (ranch store) for $69. Seems to be OK for my use. And it's "solar powered"!! Guess I'll have to put it outside this afternoon to charge it so I can use in tonight.
Shade is adjustable 9 - 13 so it's good for wire feed, gas and arc. A bit disappointed it doesn't have a skeleton face, flames, racing decals or other decoration though. I thought that was mandatory on these things. Maybe I'll just paint some flowers (like the '60s vans/VWs) on it.

[G1-G9]

Now your talking...thats back in Mikes era.

[TROUBADOUR]

Hey - I said '60s and VWs, not '20s and "T"s.

Mike and I are from the same era, and we share tastes in MUSIC (the REAL stuff, not the cr@p from the '80s and later) ... but *I* don't listen to hate radio.

[Dlcain]

Speaking of helmets, Michigan just becamet the 31rst state to pass the no helmet law :)

[Mike Mac]

You certainly are, and I certainly was!!

But I had a 64 Nova SS with a loaping cam. So no flowers!

Troub, the helmets work off the light of the ark! So no battery needed.

Wow Sho! I would never do that! I couldn't live with out my eyes!!

I'm goin home for my 3000th post!!

[TROUBADOUR]

Well, I'll admit I had a few mid-50s Chevs ... along with a Triumph TR3 and an MG, and a few VWs, a '62 Metro bread truck, a '65 Dart GT and a few others. Cars were pretty cheap back then ... and it seemed I'd find another one every couple of months!