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06-08-2006, 09:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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|  New welding helmet!
ive been lusting after this thing for about 2 years now, my gf and i split the cost because shes learning to fab and she hates my current helmet    |
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06-08-2006, 09:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Eat your heart out Darth Vader! SWEET!
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06-08-2006, 09:05 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Nice. Now go get a $$$ paintjob laid on it.  |
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06-08-2006, 09:06 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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haha i got the girlfriend an airbrush setup for christmas gotta wait till shes got enough practice in!
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06-08-2006, 09:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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Just out of curiousity, could your girlfriend kick your a$$  Just never known a feminine female that was interested in an airbrush kit and welding helmet  |
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06-08-2006, 09:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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ha!!! who's your gf, jessi combs???  Last edited by STEEL_CITY_CRAWLER; 06-08-2006 at 09:34 PM. |
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06-08-2006, 09:32 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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haha shes 108lbs of pure animal! she loves go karts, skid steers. bucket loaders. muscle cars, painting art stuff yoga... and shes cute as hell. i lucked out  here she is trying to crush my tuber oh and she bought a 280z for us to restore together and she made my website. www.autosportfab.com Last edited by peej410; 06-08-2006 at 09:34 PM. |
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06-08-2006, 09:36 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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Wow, she sure is an exception.............................GOOD JOB!!!!  |
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06-08-2006, 09:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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nice, if your buggy frame is built as good as it looks, i bet all 300lbs of my *** could stand on it and not break it!!! you got lucky!! at least she doesn't want to learn to weld to do folk art!!!! |
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06-08-2006, 09:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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haha well we do art stuff too but because its worth monies www.apmetalworks.com we havent done much at all yet but we use scraps from a header a friend of mine makes to make the flowers. the first bead she laid down was on the crossmember for my Z and it was nearly perfect.... the rest sucked tho haha |
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06-08-2006, 10:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Where did you buy your GF? Can I trade in my wife (hehe).I checked out your site,you guys do some kick *** work man.What kind of welder are you using?I'm thinking about buying another one (sold mine months ago for bill$ :-( )
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06-08-2006, 10:27 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Auburn, WA
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Wow, how much did that set you back if you don't mind me askin? I'm still working under a Fibremetal 190, no auto dark, not even a flip up lense, but I learned with one, and my dad had this one sitting in a box, probably 20 years, likes his old hard hat mounted setup, which I can't stand.
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06-08-2006, 10:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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hehe. she set me back about 5 years of pointless dating !!!!! thank you very much. i try to be innovative and usually i end up changing stuff half way through haha. i use a miller 135, and a old lincoln idealarc 250 tig. the helmet is a speedglas 9002V it set me back 355 at my lws (local welding shop) alot of welding shops will give you a discount if your a student. so dont forget to ask! and if they ask where, say the school of life. |
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06-08-2006, 10:47 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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holy **** is auto darkening nice. word to the wise, just because the helmet goes back to ambient light right away DOES NOT MEAN THE METAL IS COOL ENOUGH TO TOUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive been fabricating for 5 years and i havent ever done anything as stupid as to grab something 1 minute after welding it... ugh. i have a 1 inch long cauterized strip about 3/16ths of an inch wide on my thumb!!!!!!!!!!!! god i hate being stupid sometimes but the whole process probably took 1/3 of the time |
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06-08-2006, 10:50 PM
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| MODERHATER™  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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Is it possiable to give us a pic of a arc through the lens? I've always wanted one of those but many say the delay is not fast enough. What do you think so far?
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06-08-2006, 10:52 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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i can sure try lol. let me see what i can do. this model is very adjustable, which is why its the 9002V flexview the 9002x has a much larger screen but isnt as adjustable. brb
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06-08-2006, 10:55 PM
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| MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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One tip for the gf and airbrushing, get the comics out of the newspaper and try making them color, it really helps w/ control.....
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06-08-2006, 11:08 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2006 Location: Georgetown, Texas
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06-08-2006, 11:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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well i tried a bunch of different techniques but i really need a second person. ill try and get the woman to take a picture through the helmet while im setting it up. the background light kills the picture... i tried video too no luck. iiiiiiiiiiiiii love this helmet. totally takes the amount of time down when you want to be quick |
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06-08-2006, 11:38 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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thats an EXCELLENT idea ill pass it on to her |
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