![]() 08/21/2017 at 10:34 • Filed to: Eclipse, eclipse 2017, eclipse 17, mitsubishi eclipse, dsm, jackstands | ![]() | ![]() |
Especially the eyeballs part.
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I totally forgot viewing implements until this morning... so no opportunity to get glasses and no suitable (empty) cardboard boxes available.
What I do have is an abundance of scrap wood.
It’s gonna get heavy, but it should work.
I’m actually thinking of just taping my phone to it...
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I thought welding helmets wouldn’t work.
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‘Murica
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Yeah, sold out of glasses, so will cobble together a pinhole box or couple sheets of manila with a foil pinhole
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They have to be at least #12, but most people want at least #14.
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Last night i thought of using my welding masks to look at the sun
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Welders planning to observe the solar eclipse may or may not be in luck, as some welding filters will adequately protect your eyes from the sun. But, please, double-check to make sure that the goggles you intend to use are the right kind.
“There is a particular circumstance in which it’s safe,” Fienberg said. “We don’t recommend it because it’s too easy to get the wrong kind of welding filter.” Only goggles made for electric arc welding can be used to observe the sun, and they must have a shade scale number of 12 or higher. Shade 13 is ideal for solar viewing, but that shade is typically not sold in stores, Fienberg added.