Agree my welding a outside a lot the time and find myself holding my hand one the back off the mask as the suns shining at the wrong angleBiggest improvement I made was to fit a leather 'dangler' down the back of my mask to stop light coming in from the rear. I wear vari-focals and there were just too many reflections and stray light. I do also have what the Americans call a 'cheater' lens - x2 magnification I think, fixed inside the mask which also helped. I glued a heavy duty velcro strip on the back of the mask, and the mating part on some leather cut from a welding apron, so it can be easily removed, but in practise it stays fixed on all the time.
Agree my welding a outside a lot the time and find myself holding my hand one the back off the mask as the suns shining at the wrong angle
Im a brand new welder, i use this £24 auto darkening helmet and regular light buls and have had no issues seeing what im doing
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Try putting your hand on the top of the mask to block the light shining on to the lens on the inside see if that helpsJust hoping on this thread - am having similar problems to the OP - mig welding in my garage - with a Clarke auto darkening mask (one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clarke-CWH6-Activated-Welding-Headshield/dp/B00ERS2VT4). Cannot see anything when the arc strikes. Tried putting light onto the joint using an inspection lamp - which caused more problems - it made the auto-darkening activate rather randomly depending on how close I was getting to the lamp - before i'd started welding...