Allows you to clearly see the welding and brazing process on
aluminum, cast iron, stainless, etc.

The TM 2000 High Accuracy Aluminum Gas Welding Lenses are available in Shade 5 in the following forms: Spectacles, 2 x 4.25" rectangles, and 4.5" x 5.25" plate.

The TM 2000^® Eyewear and Sodium Orange Flare
Special safety eyewear is required to cut through, defeat, or eliminate sodium orange flare. What is this, you may ask? Well, many welding and brazing fluxes contain alkaline metal salts, such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride and fluoride, and lithium chloride. When the torch heats the flux, it incandesces, giving off a brilliant yellow-orange flare, just like the one you get when dripping salt water onto a gas burner.

Until WW2, there was no safety eyewear for flux welding and brazing. Then cobalt melter's glasses were borrowed from the steel foundries. When eye damage from these became prevalent (1980), they were quietly withdrawn from the market.

In the 1960s, didymium glasses were developed for glassblowers, who also face sodium flare when the glass is heated (glass = silica sand = seabeds = salt). By the 1990s however, glassblowers' cataracts caused didymium to be suspect.

In 1989, TM Technologies finished prototype work on their new TM 2000 eyewear and found it superior to anything thus far. It completely eliminates sodium orange, and meets ANSI Z87 safety requirements for bright light, ultraviolet, infrared, blue light, and impact for a Special Lens.

How effective?
Many customers have come back to us and said:
1. I wish I would have bought yours first, instead of wasting my time and money.
2. The other stuff works about a third as well as TM 2000.
3. I don't weld often enough to spend the money.

No one has complained about the TM 2000 Lens, or brought one back, and thousands have been sold worldwide.

Durability should also be considered, as glass is much more scratch-resistant than plastic, and perhaps most important, glass holds its optical requirements indefinitely when exposed to bright light, something plastic simply cannot do.

The TM 2000 is also suitable for ordinary torch welding on steel, and 4130 Chromemoly, (which the plastic lenses are not rated for), in addition to welding stainless, cast iron, and monel.

Mix-and-match or stacking up a lens sandwich might just be dangerous baloney. If the stacker has his sandwich safety-tested to meet current standards, and has suitable product liability insurance, then the stackee shouldn't have to worry. If not, then perhaps you should think about how much your eyes and cheap eyewear are worth to you.

See the TM 2000® welding lens in use on our DVD, 4130 Chromemoly Airframe Construction.

"If you don't have a favorite welding lens don't bother with anything but the TM 2000.  I have an impressive assortment of goggles and hoods but the only thing I now use is the TM 2000." –Dan Montee

"Thanks for the stuff, I am pleased with all of it...TM 2000 lens is awesome. It was the item I was most worried about being worth the money." –J.C.

"After 2 years with TM 2000 Lenses, I'm sold on them. They are much cleaner and clearer when Welding and Brazing steel and Aluminum. They are expensive and that was the hardest thing to overcome {I'm a Cheap Yankee} so they are treated nicely. I have a pair of Cobalt Blue glasses I bought some years back I believe Uvex {Germany} nice and scratch free, put away for safe keeping [FOR SALE]. I'm not going to use them, I welded daily for 16 years; too many things can happen." –Gordon B. ("I Don't work for Kent")

How the TM 2000 was developed
Kent entered the world of automobile, aircraft, and boat restoration in 1970. He heard all the myths and legends surrounding the mysterious process of gas welding aluminum.

He searched for years for good protective eyewear that would allow a clear view of the welding process. He tried glassblowers eyewear and experimented with many different combinations. After much trial and error, he developed a prototype for the TM 2000 lens and finalized the design after five years of using the prototype daily in the shop environment. He patented the lens and went into production. The TM 2000 virtually eliminates orange glare and allows you to clearly see the welding and brazing process on aluminum, cast iron, stainless, etc.

The TM 2000 is an optically correct, emerald-green glass specially produced in small precise runs using rare earth materials and platinum lined ovens. The lens is tested for impact by dropping a 1 inch steel ball from a height of 50 inches. Laboratory tests show that the protection this lens gives against harmful UV rays is even more than required b y government safety guidelines.

The only drawback to the TM 2000 is its high production cost. That translates into a more expensive tool for you–but it's often that way with the highest quality products.

The TM 2000 lens is currently used and recommended by Ron Fournier, author of Sheet Metal Handbook, Delco Remy, Kodak Labs, National Too & Die Welding and thousands of welders worldwide. No other product, plastic or glass, works as well.

Ranked for effectiveness
Professional welders, and glassblowers have consistently provided us these ratings for the last 9 years:

We Guarantee that our TM 2000 eyewear will:
1. Enable you to clearly see the welding process, virtually eliminating the orange glare.
2. Increase your weld quality.
3. Increase your productivity.
4. Allow you to work longer without eyestrain.
5. Provide superior results to what you are now using or your money back.

		Special Lens Headgear We've found the best lightweight headgear on the market. Holds the TM 2000 2"x 4.5" welding lens (sold separately). This headgear easily flips down over glasses.
		Stick-on Magnifying Lenses for Welding Finally! An easy way to make your welding or safety eyewear magnify like your reading glasses without fuss and expense. These thin, flexible plastic lenses are available in a range of diopters and simply stick onto the inside of your present eyewear. They're patented, lightweight and effective. Available in the following diopters: +1.25, +1.5, +1.75, +2.0, +2.5, +3.0.