Overhead MIG V-Groove

I'm having a lot of trouble with this weld.I'm required to run an open root, two filler passes, and 3 caps on 3/8 steel with a 35 degree bevel, 3/32 landing and 3/32 gap.
The biggest problem I'm having is with visibility. I can't see anything after I have my first two filler passes in place. As a result my cap passes look like ass and sometimes I run out of the bevel completely.

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Welcome to the dang club...

without a cheater lens, I am scrood glued, tattooed.
if you have any trouble reading small print, or if you find your arms getting too short reading the paper, it might just be time.

if not , is your lens fogging up? with all the rules to wear safety glasses under a welding helmet, sometimes its a real problem.

if neither of these things sounds like you, you are just going to have to find an angle that lets you see...straight on is usually no good, and sideways doesn't usually work either.

just a little bit of angle while welding toward yourself is what most people find works.

also, use a short stickout, and try to maintain a dead nuts 90 degree torch angle in the direction of travel.

i like to run my overhead just about as hot as my flat stuff and rely on force of the strong arc to make the bead lay down.

hope this helps,

jody