My friend posted on FB that the Air and Space Museum is giving them away... but I don't know where that is.
Sorry.I'm guessing that would be the one in DC, and I don't think I'll be driving up there anytime soon. Thanks.
the st marys libraries are handing them out Saturday morning, or find a welders lens shade 12 or darker.
I happen to have my Dad's welder's goggles. Don't know what shade they are, but he used to use them for welding within arm's length. If I'm feeling lucky, I might try them.the st marys libraries are handing them out Saturday morning, or find a welders lens shade 12 or darker.
the lens will have a number printed or stamped on it. most goggles have a shade 5 lens and welders mask come with a shade 10.
nasa recommends a shade 12 or darker.
So what I am hearing is that I can weld with my $1 solar eclipse glasses. Got it.
Well, they're your retinas. Do you feel lucky?? <:-\
Retinas will be fine for a bit, it's that massive blistering of the rest of your face that might be uncomfortable..
So what I am hearing is that I can weld with my $1 solar eclipse glasses. Got it.
Retinas will be fine for a bit, it's that massive blistering of the rest of your face that might be uncomfortable..
This is the projected path of the eclipse.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/state_capitals_map.png
We Marylanders probably won't receive the massive blistering; but I still might try the welding goggles.
I've got a few auto-darkening helmets that I use in my shop..I'll start off with 12 to watch the eclipse..but I normally weld with 11 and I have sensitive eyes (they flash-burn easily).
I've probably got a pile of the glass lenses for the older helmets too, but I'm sure they are all 10s and 11s.
I have a couple of auto Jackson's myself, I'm just going to use a couple of large lens #12's old schools that I have hanging on the wall.
I used to have one of the wild pig hoods but my son somehow acquired it.
auto lens helments won't stay dark. they need the constent flash of the weld arc to work