Practical welding?

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:25:40 GMT, Ernest Christley
wrote:


I'm not sure if the burn mark is still discernible across my tongue, but
I do know that there isn't much worse that having your head caught in
your airplane when you need to scream.


the other trick of the trade is to put a quarter inch kink in the cold
end so that you can immediately see which end is cold on the bench.
brother in law welder told me that one after the second bandage
appeared on the left hand one day.
they dont hurt immediately but by god they do hurt a moment later.

a weld lump that goes down your shirt and ends up in your socks gets
exciting as well :-)
Stealth Pilot

"Stealth Pilot" wrote

a weld lump that goes down your shirt and ends up in your socks gets
exciting as well :-)

Almost like my one experience. I had a piece of slag go between by jeans
waistband and my tucked in shirt.

I am pretty sure the shirt burned through very quickly, without a
significant temperature loss to the lima bean sized piece of red hot metal.
My skin did start to cool it, and I decided that this was a *bad thing.*

Even though I was standing out in my back yard, in full view of neighbors, I
very quickly unbuckled my pants and dropped them. Modesty was not high on
my list of concerns, at that moment. Only then was I able to release my
lima bean piece of pain, to continue it's journey to terra firma.

I still proudly wear my momento of that day. My lesson of the day, is to
weld or cut with your shirt hanging out, or wear a leather apron. At least
most of the stuff will be shed like water. g
--
Jim in NC