well I'll come back to Steve prob reviews today it's not going to be building anything I'm not
going to be fixing nothing I'm going to be showing you something what I'm gonna do is I'm going to
be having a series on welding in Canada and yeah it's a little bit different the well than the rest
of the world when I'm the guy doing the welding that's what I'm gonna get into today we're talk
about safety welding gear guys when I'm welding generally I always wear a welding jacket and of
course you want to cover up your sleeves and you want to have some good hand protection welding
gloves are not expensive at all the more you spend these ones here for like maybe nine dollars these
ones here we're thirty five dollars they're padded and they're excellent welding gloves
you can't go wrong most places you go to you can get welding gloves then we got a helmet this is
my op trowel and it doesn't take any batteries and I'm not really gonna show it that much because I'm
gonna tell you something most people aren't gonna tell you on YouTube the worst place you can ever
get any advice on a lot of safety related items is people on YouTube when it comes to safety I
say consult an expert especially when it comes to welding and your eyes how much are your eyes
worth well there are a lot worth a lot more than some of these YouTube videos you're going to see
where somebody is showing you an auto darkening helmet you know for really cheap like 30 or 40
bucks then they slam an amazon link down there and say hey that's a great helmet well I'm saying no
no no no stay away from that kind of stuff just my opinion the best advice you could get is going to
your local welding supply and that's where I shop is my local welding supply there's a lot of guys
on YouTube that are professional welders they know what equipment to use and how to use it now take
for instance auto darkening helmets do you need an auto darkening helmet well for the first 15
years that I will and I welded at General Motors MIG welding truck bodies and you know what we
never had no autodarkening anything it was just up down up down and a lot of us did like you'll
see some guys like Terry the Texas biking on the bottom of his helmet right here he does not use
an auto darkening element he's got a big piece attached here in its leather and it flops down
and that protects your neck because when you're welding quite a bit it'll just burn your neck all
the pieces of the race and that's what you got to protect yourself is from all of them raised
and they will just burn you something fierce if you have ever had a welding flash on your eyes
you will know that it's it's pretty painful it's like somebody threw a whole bunch of sand in your
face and all gotten your eyes and it it's not comfortable at all and you can do permanent eye
damage by having these wing-wang auto darkening helmets now that's why I will never recommend
anybody what kind of helmet they get this helmet here is quite expensive I'm not too sure how much
it is today but I know I paid oh I had to be over 400 or more dollars that's got to be 15 years ago
and I did my research on what kind of a helmet you should get now you don't have to spend a lot
of money on a helmet if you're just going to get a fixed fixed lens and they all come in different
shades and they're all numbered you know eight nine 10 11 whatever shade you're going to weld
with and you have to do your own research now which one should you get the auto darkening or
should you get just the fixed well that's going to have to be your own preference but I find if
you're a beginner the auto darkening is going to be the best and the best place where I'm
going to say to get your advice is to go to your welding supply store whatever one that you go to
there are a lot better than getting advice off of youtube I'll tell you that right now not that
everybody on YouTube is giving you bad advice but you don't know what kind of advice you're
getting one guy I'll say get this and slam in an Amazon link another guy will say get this and you
know tell you to go buy this product go buy that product you know what go buy the product that's
safe for you and you can afford because you can go from buying I would say a half-decent welding
autodarkening helmet for probably a couple of hundred bucks but if somebody's selling
like this wing wing stuff you know your eyes are worth a lot more than some wing wing so I just I'd
throw it in today and I'm going to be doing some more welding in the future and talking about you
know different aspects of welding I am NOT a professional welder but I enjoy welding it's a
hobby of mine and I've been doing it for a long long time so just like totally out there today
the best advice you can get is get your own advice because YouTube is not a great place when it comes
to your safety so think of Russia joining me here today if you haven't seen this channel before well
you're welcome to subscribe and come back again and we're going to start welding in Canada Cheers