[TheForge] Re: welding heat

Tue Aug 5 01:53:00 2003

To make Paul, Ren and Stimpy's point a little more memorable...
A story told to me by a friend who was in the navy and was in a major 
oriental port where work was being done on his ship.
It involved a skilled professional welder, he guessed to be about 40 
years old and was told , supported an extended family on his earnings.
Every morning his kids carried his lunch and led him down to the 
shipyard for work.
The foreman sat him down with a pile of arc rods in front of the part to 
be welded and handed him the stinger.
As soon as he struck the arc, he could see what he was doing and went on 
to work a very long day.
He had no arc welding helmet. When the day's work was done, his kids 
lead him home again.
My friend said that his eyes looked sort of like the eyes of a cooked 
fish..not quite that opaque...more like wall to wall cataracts.
What Mr Hewitt says is worth taking seriously....well, most of it 
anyway.......Pete

Paul Hewitt wrote:

>You should NEVER use anything but a certified welding hood for MIG or any
>type of electric, or gas welding.  How much do you value your eye's?
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>>>Can these glasses be used for MIG welding too?
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>>>Didymium II Blue Polycarbonate Safety Spectacles
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>>>Thanks
>>>Mark
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>>I hope that more knowledgeable welders than I reply to this, but I think
>>that these spectacles are only a shade 3-5.
>>That should give great protection for forge or gas welding ( I use a #3),
>>but arc welding requires a 10 or better.
>>Andy G.
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