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Posted by TinLizziedl on October 25, 2007, 1:32 pm
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That reminds me of an old EMT saying, "All bleeding stops, eventually."
TL
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Posted by JohnM on October 26, 2007, 6:34 pm
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SteveB wrote:
>
>> First of all, make sure your protective equipment is in order- a spark
>> going down a shirt pocket is bad enough, but when they fall in your ear
>> you're gonna hate it like heck..
>
> A spark in your ear can end your welding career. I use the ear plugs on a
> clamp. I have always been very protective about my ears. I once met a
> welder whose head was odd shaped. He had had operations on his skull after
> a dingleberry went into his ear. He was a pipeline welder out of Tulsa,
> making good dough. And that was that.
>
> I have burn scars and hot dingleberries that are white dots that are left
> after more than twenty years. The third degree ones don't hurt as much, but
> are a pain to debride every day. When you are going for an x ray, and
> having a cut out might get you a chopper ride to the beach, you let it burn
> until it quits burning.
>
> Old saying, "That will probably feel better after it quits hurting."
>
> Steve
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>
Yeah, I've gotten bits of hot just about everywhere, been on fire and
all, never bad enough for permanent damage though (for which I am quite
thankful). Used to know an old guy, he was so scarred from a fire that
his lips wouldn't close, he didn't have any ears, that whole story.
Great guy, sure wish that could have happened to someone who deserved it
a lot more instead of him.
I was scrapping an old asphalt plant one time, lots of pipe, 2" inside
of 3", that sort of thing (they carry the asphalt in the inner pipe with
hot oil in the outer pipe, keeps the asphalt runny) and I watched the
guy I had put cutting up the pipe stand straddling a tee in the pipe he
was putting the torch to. When he hit the oxygen a big plume of fire
came out of that tee, right between his legs. Eight or nine feet of
fire, nice jet, we've been seeing them all day like that in this bunch
of pipe but he just quit thinking for a minute. He hopped around all
wide-legged while I laughed, it was funny as hell, I had to sit down but
he waited a while before he did.
Another thing about getting burned, I've seen guys get hurt when they
overreact to a little burn. Gotta keep cool, not be all jumpy.
John
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Posted by Grant Erwin on October 24, 2007, 7:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options Ignoramus22168 wrote:
> I do not really weld stuff that is so high that it is "over my head",
> but I sometimes need to weld things from below. My results are not
> exactly stellar and I am looking for some tips on how to do it
> better. DC, 7018.
The key is vision. I weld overhead lots better when I shove my face right
up there and wear reading glasses.
GWE
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Posted by SteveB on October 24, 2007, 10:59 pm
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> Ignoramus22168 wrote:
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>> I do not really weld stuff that is so high that it is "over my head",
>> but I sometimes need to weld things from below. My results are not
>> exactly stellar and I am looking for some tips on how to do it
>> better. DC, 7018.
>
> The key is vision. I weld overhead lots better when I shove my face right
> up there and wear reading glasses.
>
> GWE
I agree. I think that is the number one tip that works for all rods.
Because of the angle of attack, the puddle is blocked at times, as mentioned
by another poster. It's all just doing it for long enough to figure it out,
iggy. You can learn anything after you have done it for several hundred
hours.
Steve ;-)
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Posted by Ignoramus22168 on October 24, 2007, 10:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I agree. I think that is the number one tip that works for all rods.
> Because of the angle of attack, the puddle is blocked at times, as mentioned
> by another poster. It's all just doing it for long enough to figure it out,
> iggy. You can learn anything after you have done it for several hundred
> hours.
OK... Thanks... I will practice some more...
i
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