Dear Sir,

I have had an "Accu-Strike" welding helmet for 12 years.  Other than a few parts, it is still the original hood.  IT'S TOUGH!  It blew off my head one day while on a ladder 15 ft. in the air.

I call it my 3rd hand, especially when heliarcing small stainless parts using a filler rod.  By opening your jaw a person can locate your weld area without moving.  By the way a person can chew gum yet tool.

It also increases productivity, especially on spotting expanded metal, welding sheets, square tube and pipe.  By just lowering your jaw, a person can locate and weld twice as fast as lifting up your hood and locating.  "Accu-Strike" also improves out of position welding and getting into tight spots - like under trucks.  I have 5 welders working for me and until I got them their own hoods I had to look to see who was using mine.

I feel it has made my job a lot easier and the "Accu-Strike" has been one of the great advances in welding since the wire feed.

Yours truly,

Gerald F. Westhoff
President

Dear Sirs,

After using your helmet for two months, we are completely satisfied with it and expect to equip more of our men with it very soon.

As we are a heavy industrial job shop (our customers are steel mills, chemical plants and mining machinery outfits) we have tried the electronic lenses, and found them to fragile and expensive for our enviroments, and we and our worker's comp carrier felt the electronic lenses posed a liability problem by allowing that initial arc flash, particularly when doing repetitive tacking on large weldments.  In Kentucky, workers have gotten large awards on claims with much less merit.

Please let us know if there are any suppliers in our area, on the chance we may already be dealing with them for other items.

Sincerely,

Sexton Welding Company, Inc.
Douglas S. Crawford
President

Dear Mr. Sirs;

We manufacture tubular steel farm gates.  While these products are quite large, they actually are built with many small welds.  Flipping up the visor on a standard helmet becomes very tedious and time-consuming.

In an effort to save time, we tried a few of your helmets.  They were a success.  After a little practice, the welders became proficient opening the lens with their chin.

As we hoped, productivity increased.  Since then, we have purchased many more of your helmets.  And now, all our 12 welders use them.

Sincerely,

LIFE-TIME GATE CO.
Randy Hare
President

September saw 48 new ideas submitted and 32 put into effect for a yearly savings of $54,241.

September
Idea of the Month
Rich Durre
(Dept. 14 - Bomb Pallets)

Rich suggested using an Accu-Strike welding helmet.  They increase production and quality, and improve safety.  With this helmet, the welder does not have to raise the helmet up and down, but merely moves his jaw to open a viewing window.  This idea results in a yearly savings of $24,697.

Shade tree mechanic

Not being a professional welder I need all the help I can get. The Accu-Strike is a great help to the shaky handed hobby welder! No more sticks stuck to the part or burnt marks on that innocent and expensive piece near the weld area! I am still not a great welder, but I now hit my mark every time like I was!

Thanks Bunches

Kelly Bumgarner

Just wanted you to know that it took two minutes to get my new welding hood adjusted, and 30 seconds to get used to using it !!!!!!!! I've been using it continuously ever since and it is by far the best welding hood I've ever used, electronic or standard !! Sincerely, Anthony Cuellar UA 342, Steamfitter Local 102, Millwright

First off let me tell you what a great helmet you have .. I weld production and man o man is this the cats meow .. the visor operates without ANY effort .. Very VERY welder friendly and I think you may get some orders from my people from my shop .. a better alternative to auto-glass than anything else , with no over the days time eye burn .. James Wilkinson - Fremont, IN

HI, I,m wanting to order a new accu-strike helmet, and some replacement parts for my old accustrike helmet. I also would like to tell you that the accustrike helmet Is the best helmet ever !! I work for a tractor trailer suspension company, and the pace is very fast. Your helmet Is In a class of It's own!! Thank You , Jerry Haskett, Lebanon IN

Hi,, I bought an accu-strike from you all,, about 10 years ago,, and lately ,, I had been wondering,, where I could get another one,, as mine is about wore out,, I have even had to do some repairs on it,, I had lost all my paper work on it ,,right after I got it,, and so I didn't even know what it was called,,, and I have never met any one else,, that had ever seen one like mine,, Today I was cleaning out an old drawer,, full of junk and came across an add about the welding helmet,, I cranked up the DELL,, and typed in accustrike on Google,, and wow,, its like magic,, I get another chance in life to have a really great welding helmet,, thanks for having such a great product,, and for being still on the market,,, so many times,, something really good comes along,, and one day its gone,, and just can't be found,, Thank you again,, I will be calling you tomorrow to order another,,,,Best wishes,,,Jon Leithiser

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"Basics of Basics" MIG welding
by Brian Martin

MIG Welding Basics

Let me start with safety, DO NOT SKIP, YOU NEED TO READ THIS. The UV rays that are produced at the weld can and will cause damage to your eyes you know that. But did you know that it WILL damage to your skin as well? I have gotten "sun burn" from welding. I have only "peeled" from regular sunburn a few times in my life (I have a dark Portuguese complexion) I have peeled from MIG welding more! This was a long time ago, I would never let that happen again. Wear a light long sleeve cotton shirt at the very least. You want jeans and high top boots on too. Wear welding gloves, go down to the local auto parts or hardware store and get yourself some nice SOFT gloves. Some are made so stiff that it is hard to work in them. I got some at ACE hardware that are dang near sensual ?. Get a good helmet, I have a Cherokee ( http://www.accustrike.com/ ) that is only about $90.00. It is a hands free helmet that you open the shaded lens with your chin! I have had it for about 15 years without a problem. When open it gives you a full 3x5-inch or so CLEAR lens, unlike the "self darkening" helmets that are always shaded. You can flip up the lens and grind anytime you want. I want the full control of when to see through a shade or not. I highly recommend this helmet. Also, another thing that I have only begun using a year or so ago (I hate thinking about how long I didn't use it) a welding respirator. A 3M NOISH approved are available at ACE hardware for about $18.00. If you are welding with weld-thru or "E" coat primer you are making ZINC FUMES! And can get "zinc fume fever" VERY easily. Even when welding clean metal, you are still making fumes that are hazardous. Be sure the respirator fits under your helmet. The Cherokee helmet for instance doesn't have room for a cartridge mask so a single throwaway is all that will work. HEAR ME NOW BELIEVE ME LATER, PROTECT YOURSELF. Even if you don't care about the protection because you are such a bad-a$$, do it because you will produce a better weld. It is hard to lay a nice bead when you have a hot molten ball of steel in your shoe or pants. ?