A ladies digital Elite

[shorerider16]

The girlfriend finally decided to upgrade from her broken old lincoln autoshade to a real helmet a little while back, finally ending up choosing a Miller D-Elite. Of course none of the graphics offered by Miller really appealed to her so she took matters into her own hands

She used a paper cutting machine (craft/ scrapbooking type of deal) to cut out stencils and then painted it in several different, layered shades. Once that was done she sprayed a couple of layers of clear coat to help keep it looking nice, at least for a little while. All the painting was done using good old fashioned spray cans.

[shorerider16]

Last few.

[Gmmandan]

At least she won't have to worry about you using her hood. Looks good though wish my girl would weld with me.

[fjk]

Nice job

I seem to recall someone of the female persuasion on this board complaining about the lack of female-themed stuff. I think it was in relation to the helmet design challenge Miller ran recently. Perhaps the complainer will take a hint from your girlfriend. Or even better - perhaps your girlfriend will start a side business!

Frank

[1havnfun]

Frank's right.
your girlfriend could make some side money doing custom helmet graphics.

Nice job

[CarmenElectrode]

Love it

Ask her if I can feature her and her tricked out helmet over on CarmenElectrode.com -I do a "New Rosies" column featuring women who weld.

[engnerdan]

She did one heck of a job on that helmet. I have actually been thinking about making a helmet for the wife and daughter to use. Was thinking about painting it pink. I figured if they had a helmet and one that is fun (painted all up) they might be more interested in learning to weld.

-Dan

[shorerider16]

Thanks for all the complements everyone, I will pass them on and make sure she see's them.

She is quite the artistic and creative gal, far more so than me

[just_a_girl]

Hi All,

These should be out in Oct of this year. 3M was thinking of the ladies!

http://www.iamawelder.com/