General welding questions that dont fit in TIG, MIG, Stick, or Certification etc.
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Only safety glasses I've found that will actually keep crap out of my eyes and not fog up are the Jackson Nemesis. I like 'em better than any goggles I've ever had. I use a Shade 5 for torch cutting and a clear for most grinding and all is well. I've spent 3 times as much on a vaunted pair of shooting glasses and had 'em fog up in the middle of my CHL re-qual. The target disappeared, and a 3-shot timed string drooped off toward 7:30. Shot a 247 instead of a perfect 250. That's a pisser. Next time I"ll just shoot with the clear Nemesis.

Anyway, spent about 4 and a half hours on the torch this morning on a friend's project and the Nemesis never even hinted at a fog-up with about 85% humidity. YMMV, but they work better for me than any goggles.

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@LDB

Thanks for the suggestion , but I've given up on glasses. Much of the grinding I do use air tools ( with front exhaust ) and into " blind " area, so I need 100% cover.
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@LDB THANK YOU for the suggestion. I WILL be getting a pair!
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I can give my recommendation to the Jackson Nemesis glasses as well.

I use the shade 3 and 5 ones with oxy-fuel work at home, and bought a pair of clear ones to use at work since they were expecting us to use the ancient and scratched up large glasses.
My employer saw them and bought a set for all the techs that didn't need something that went over prescription eye glasses.
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Greasy fingered tinkerer.
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hey_allen wrote:I can give my recommendation to the Jackson Nemesis glasses as well.

Same here! Any time I'm grinding, drilling, or doing anything where something could potentially fly at my face, I have the jackson nemesis glasses on. I have about 10 pairs, I've opened 4 pairs or so, and I just have them laying all around the garage, so that I don't ever not use them because "I don't want to go find them right now for something real quick"
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