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Why you shouldn't weld while wearing shorts
fha772 - 7/8/10 at 10:56 AM

Just thought I'd share this picture with you all, this is my legs, 3 days after doing about 6 minutes of stick welding on a steel trailer floor!!

omega0684 - 7/8/10 at 10:58 AM

haha, were you wearing socks with your sandals?

scootz - 7/8/10 at 10:59 AM

MakeEverything - 7/8/10 at 10:59 AM

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Originally posted by omega0684
haha, were you wearing socks with your sandals?


Standard anywhere north of Peterborough isnt it?

big_wasa - 7/8/10 at 11:00 AM

I keep doing that with a T shirt.I never do learn.

Daddylonglegs - 7/8/10 at 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by big_wasa
I keep doing that with a T shirt.I never do learn.


What, wearing sandals??

mangogrooveworkshop - 7/8/10 at 11:01 AM

Used to weld in flip flops and shorts all the time in the tropics

PSpirine - 7/8/10 at 12:12 PM

Yep, same here used to weld in shorts and flip flops back in cyprus.

You knew it was sunny when you put on the welding mask (not auto-darkening), and you could actually still see what you were doing through the dark glass!!!!


Getting a blob of weld between two toes and my flip flop was quite painful though. Not as bad as I would've imagined though

fha772 - 7/8/10 at 12:17 PM

I was wearing my steel toecaps, safety first!!!

Danozeman - 7/8/10 at 03:24 PM

Iv done that wearing a vest. Looked like id been out in the sun all day when infact it was a warmish winter day.

Liam - 7/8/10 at 03:28 PM

Lol. What you really dont want to do, during the early stages of construction of your chassis, is to turn it up-side-down for the first time and eagerly do all the bottom tack welds just closing eyes instead of wearing a mask and having to flip it up and down every few seconds(didn't have an auto dimming one back then). Ouch. Whole face peeled a few days later

Rod Ends - 7/8/10 at 03:35 PM

Watch American Chopper - they tack-weld without masks, just close their eyes.

JoelP - 7/8/10 at 07:34 PM

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Originally posted by Rod Ends
Watch American Chopper - they tack-weld without masks, just close their eyes.


Its not so bad (tan-wise) for a flash of tacking, but still a silly risk; both arc eye and the piece moving whilst you blink.

coozer - 7/8/10 at 07:36 PM

Wear a pair of safety glasses if spot welding without the mask. That will stop any arc-eye.

Peteff - 7/8/10 at 07:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rod Ends
Watch American Chopper - they tack-weld without masks, just close their eyes.


I tried to watch it on Quest the other day but they were all such pr!cks I had to switch off. It's close to the deadline and I don't think we'll finish in time, I know I'll get a tattoo.

Dingz - 7/8/10 at 08:01 PM

I like the tiles on the shop, where and what is it?

fha772 - 7/8/10 at 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by Dingz
I like the tiles on the shop, where and what is it?


It's the doorway to my Chippy.