[TheForge] What not to do with a helmet

[Phlip]

Or, Life in the SCA. He's talking about one of our SCA combat helms, btw,
that look something like this...

http://www.stormthewalls.dhs.org/armour/Full/SCABarbute.jpg

although usually not as pretty. One of the requirements is that there not be
anywhere a stick over a certain diameter can get inside the helm, amd often
instead of the T-opening on this one, there's a steel grid to protect the
face.

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Message: 1
>    Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:43:39 -0000
>    From: "Randy Bevins" <rbevins at nycap.rr.com>
> Subject: Welding tip
>
> So...im welding some more bars on my helmet right, and i glued the
> padding into the inside of the helmet so I said to my self "Self,
> just fold some of the padding over and put some leather over the top
> of it and weld. Then you wont ruin the padding and you wont have to
> rip it out and re-glue it......self" So self did just that. Well
> what self neglected to realize was that when the very vety very very
> very very flamable padding comes into contact with the bead or some
> drippings....it tends to burst into flames. Well the next thing self
> neglected to realize was that when something bursts into flame and
> you have a welding helmet on and all you can see is a really really
> really bright bead, self tends NOT to see the huge ball of fire
> coming from the inside of the helmet.  Heat however, can be felt
> with a welding helmet on and self realized it was getting quite hot. >
Well when self lifted the hood and saw that the helmet was a huge
> burning ball of flame and fume, self chucked the helmet out the door
> of the shop. Luckily, self's friend Czolg (Cholg) had a beer and
> dumped it on the burning helmet as it rolled down the driveway. He
> was none too happy that he had to waste a half a beer, but,  he will
> get over it if he lives long enough. All this, and self was sober.
> ANYWAY....so here's the welding tip for today...
>
> IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE DOING...DONT F---ING TOUCH THE
> WELDER!!!!!
> Thank you and good night.
> For the Crown
> Corgon
>
> P.S. I'm going to be needing one of those fancy military chin
> straps. Self burnt my old one to a crisp. Ever want to kick
> your "self".
>

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....