[williejack]

George,with flux core ,i always use a regular ole' 12 shade nothing less should be able to see everything just fine.10 shade for regular hard wire nothing less.Unless your plazing,or cutting.If anybody could turn me on to a good site for the cool welding lenses that would be great!

[bonchustown]

Thanks, willijack, I'll keep that in mind next time I weld

[MotherFluxxer]

I've been a welder/fabricator for 5 years now and i still to this day have trouble seeing MIG and especially flux core. What's funny is that I have NO trouble doing some micro tig work I get on a weekly basis that requires me to make a fusion weld on the bottom of a 2mm washer.

-groove out the joint to be welded
-keep your head in front of the weld puddle pulling it to you
-put a piece of angle (aluminum works well) right beside the joint you are welding. This reflects some additional light back to the work piece.
-its been stated already but KEEP YOUR LENSES CLEAN! welding with dirty lenses is like throwing mud all over your windshield and trying to drive at night with oncoming traffic.

[bonchustown]

That's some excellent advice there MotherFluxxer - thanks for sharing! Some of those you mentioned I wouldn't think of or would forget.