Hood was designed to flip all the way back to prevent wind on pipeline right of way from blowing it down and shape was to allow you to get your head under and around pipe groups in close quarters and as you mentioned, the elastic band tensioner is so you can reposition hood as you are welding in awkward positions which is a must for pipe welders. You can replace the Fibre Metal 1 CP headgear with 1 CR headgear if you want ratchet adjust and aluminum knobs will help but not completely stop the loosening problem. Great hoods and a timeless classic.
@@willbecker5632 in a pinch when an original screw or nut stripped out on a job I have used random nuts, washers, and bolts but you have to be careful not to get it to tight because those Fibre Metal 1 CP and CR headgear are bad about breaking between the pivot and the adjustment band or ratchet and they are hard to find right now and cost as much as the whole hood used to cost, think I paid $28 for the last one I bought several months ago'
@@intelex691 I hear that sir, and I agree the nuts are something one does need to be careful with and they are classic hoods for a great reason ... They work and very well
@@willbecker5632 i have probably half a dozen chopped and screwed pipeliner hoods some with selstrom flip front mods , few Tigerhoods and my pancake hoods. Pipeliner is my go to for fab if I am not in bright sun.
Loved the video man, keep it up! About the hardhat connection, you need to get the right gear and hardhat. You may have heard of weldtube, those guys sell a lot of welding stuff including the pipeliner, a flip front for it and the halo for it. If you buy the halo, then you can attach it to the hardhat. The hardhat that fits it is the fibre metal roughneck. That's the hardhat that fits this hood, with the halo. Cheers mate Simon
MSA Skullguard or Fibre Metal Roughneck hard hats with Frankenstein lugs are the only way to attach a hood to a hard hat. I don’t know why anybody still fucks around with halos
I bought the aluminum ones and I have to tighten them every time I flip it up and down. They just unscrew themselves whenever it moves. Plastic sucks ass for longevity but I don’t ever have to tighten them up.
You need a baseball cap style hardhat with the headgear in backwards (so the ratchet is on the bill side of of the hard hat) they they sell something called a “halo” that replaces your headgear and connects to the brim of your hard hat
Yo o wish I could send you the mods I do to my hoods I cut 4.5cm off the bottom and 2 cm off the top ... The plastic with fiberglass reinforcement is tough enough to directly rivet a leather strip over the neck part
@@MiklthePikl hey I found your Instagram in your about page, I'll happily show you the way I cut down my pipeliner hoods and tiger hoods as well as my Hobart flip front.
Hood was designed to flip all the way back to prevent wind on pipeline right of way from blowing it down and shape was to allow you to get your head under and around pipe groups in close quarters and as you mentioned, the elastic band tensioner is so you can reposition hood as you are welding in awkward positions which is a must for pipe welders. You can replace the Fibre Metal 1 CP headgear with 1 CR headgear if you want ratchet adjust and aluminum knobs will help but not completely stop the loosening problem. Great hoods and a timeless classic.
I found nuts with a lock washer worked for my 2 pipeliners
@@willbecker5632 in a pinch when an original screw or nut stripped out on a job I have used random nuts, washers, and bolts but you have to be careful not to get it to tight because those Fibre Metal 1 CP and CR headgear are bad about breaking between the pivot and the adjustment band or ratchet and they are hard to find right now and cost as much as the whole hood used to cost, think I paid $28 for the last one I bought several months ago'
@@intelex691 I hear that sir, and I agree the nuts are something one does need to be careful with and they are classic hoods for a great reason ... They work and very well
@@willbecker5632 i have probably half a dozen chopped and screwed pipeliner hoods some with selstrom flip front mods , few Tigerhoods and my pancake hoods. Pipeliner is my go to for fab if I am not in bright sun.
Loved the video man, keep it up! About the hardhat connection, you need to get the right gear and hardhat. You may have heard of weldtube, those guys sell a lot of welding stuff including the pipeliner, a flip front for it and the halo for it. If you buy the halo, then you can attach it to the hardhat. The hardhat that fits it is the fibre metal roughneck. That's the hardhat that fits this hood, with the halo.
Cheers mate
Simon
Which auto dark lens did u buy?
You paid 130 Aussie bucks for that!?! Mate. No way. I thought it was expensive at 60 in the U.S. have someone from here send you this next time
MSA Skullguard or Fibre Metal Roughneck hard hats with Frankenstein lugs are the only way to attach a hood to a hard hat. I don’t know why anybody still fucks around with halos
You can get regular headgear for them I recommend getting new nobs from pipeliners cloud
Thanks man
I bought the aluminum ones and I have to tighten them every time I flip it up and down. They just unscrew themselves whenever it moves. Plastic sucks ass for longevity but I don’t ever have to tighten them up.
You need a baseball cap style hardhat with the headgear in backwards (so the ratchet is on the bill side of of the hard hat) they they sell something called a “halo” that replaces your headgear and connects to the brim of your hard hat
Thanks for another great video! Sounds like a torrential downpour happening while recording holy shitballs!
Yeah XD
Another great video thanks for sharing!
All good man, thanks for the support :)
@@MiklthePikl here is an idea for video fabricate a Burke bar.
Sounds great man, I just have no idea how to buy, bend and weld the hardened steel
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That tube video is good guide.
Nice little review... honest 👍
Can you use a Sugar scoop helmet for mig and tig welding??
Mig would work great, Tig can be done, but the lens is 2x4 instead of 4x4 so its harder to see (which is important for tig)
You can use it for everything.
I’d change the head gear out on it
lmao
your reviews are very entertaining.
You take the head band out and attach it to a hard hat. That is what I see alot of people do.
Cut an inch and a half out of the bottom of the hood and invest in a set of aluminum fasteners...Also put a dab of lok-tite on said fasteners :)
Ordered one 2 months ago still gotta wait another month to get it 🤧
China is a savage XD, I ordered a hard hat adapter for that hood and hasn't arrived yet, ordered it 6 months ago XD
I switch my headgear to ratchet style
Yo o wish I could send you the mods I do to my hoods I cut 4.5cm off the bottom and 2 cm off the top ... The plastic with fiberglass reinforcement is tough enough to directly rivet a leather strip over the neck part
Thanks man, you could always send me a link to a PDF or drive document.
@@MiklthePikl I'd be happy to, if I can figure out how
@@MiklthePikl hey I found your Instagram in your about page, I'll happily show you the way I cut down my pipeliner hoods and tiger hoods as well as my Hobart flip front.
@@willbecker5632 if you found out how to send the mods man I would be interested aswell
@@samyarwood2483 I got them on my Instagram
Nice. Also 1st
Congratulations, thanks bro