[TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

A friend who spent some years in asia said that in some of the 
shipyards he'd seen career welders who worked without eye protection.
  Their children led them to work every morning, put them in 
position, handed them the stinger and as soon as the arc was 
struck...they could see again...'till quitting time....pf

Ron Childers wrote:
> I have a krazy friend that "don't need no stinkin' shield". Claims the
> nozzle on the mig is shield enough....I'll take my Jackson auto darkening
> what ever you want to call it to protect my only pair of sensitive eyes.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andy Gladish
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:21 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?
> 
> Actually, these things are designed to be spider nesting boxes. We just have
> a bad habit of putting them on our heads and disturbing the poor things.
> 
> A.
> 
>> Not in use!
>>
>>> It's a mask!
>>>
>>> OK!! if it is a shield when on your head in the down position and a
>>> hat when lifted up.. what is it when it is on the table?
>>>
>>> On 02/12/06, Darrell <darrell67 at machinemaster.com> wrote:
>>>> and where did you think mine was?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
>>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:43 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Tongue in cheek,Darrell!
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Darrell" <darrell67 at machinemaster.com>
>>>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:10 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan,
>>>>>> It is only a hat when it is flipped up. Otherwise it is a shield.
>>>>>> Darrell
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
>>>>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:51 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [TheForge] cutting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Picky,picky,picky.
>>>>>>> Call it a hat.
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Dave Mudge" <dave at magichammer.net>
>>>>>>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>>>> Cc: <xlch58 at swbell.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:00 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] Re: TheForge Digest, Vol 34, Issue 69
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well I have to agree with Charles, I want to blow the gas 
>> out of the
>>>>>>>> torch with the oxygen when the cutting is dine. The people that 
>>>>>>>> wrote
>>>>>>>> the instruction 'backwards' are probably the same people that 
>>>>>>>> started
>>>>>>>> calling a "shield" a "helmet". Now almost everyone calls the darn
>>>>>>>> thing a "helmet" It is NOT. A "helmet" protects your head and a
>>>>>>>> "shield" will shield your eyes from blinding light but it won't do
>>>>>>>> much to protect your head from that falling wrench.
>>>>>>>
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