hmmmm.... wacky idea for Monday.....
what about having some really bright lights pointing at the welding
area with an autoswitch to turn them ON when you weld, so the rest of
the job is lit up so you can see it as well as the arc?

Difficult to arrange - Full sunlight on the weld area makes it dimly
visible through a #10 before the arc is struck. So you'd need lights
"brighter than the sun". Pretty wacky.

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