A welding shield with a welding tool in combination with an adjusting device for adjusting position of a welding tool tip. The welding shield comprises a welding shield body having an outer wall, a weld viewer, and a fastening device for securing the welding tool. The adjusting device includes a platform base comprising a floor member, a wall member surrounding the floor member and a sub-floor slot formed in the floor member. The sub-floor slot has a sub-floor surface spaced inwardly from a floor surface of the floor member. The outer wall of the protective welding shield is configured to be mounted to the floor member of the platform base so that a bottom edge of the welding shield body is disposed within the wall member of the platform base and the welding tip of the welding tool faces the sub-floor slot.