A field welder is a welder who does welding on a job site instead of a shop.
Typically welders known as field welders mostly travel to the construction site to work. In most cases the job is temporary and will end at some point. Field welders usually get better pay and get added benefits such as per diem, travel pay and completion bonuses on some jobs.
This is a YouTube video that compares two different types of welding hoods.
The first hood he talks about is a old school regular welding hood. It has no bells or whistles. Just simply put it on and start welding.
The second hood he talks about is a auto-darkening hood. It has adjustable shades and special settings for different types of welding such as tig, mig, flux core and stick.
In the video he definitely favors the automatic-darkening.
Conclusion: I have used the auto-darkening welding hood only a few times over the years. The times i did use the automatic lens it gave a very bad strobe light effect when putting a root with 6010 rod on pipe. It was a real annoyance. Unless they have changed this on the newer models i think i will stick to my old school pipe liner.
