[TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?

[David E. Smucker]

Not in shipyards but in manufacturing plants in China I have see welders 
using stick weld without a shield.  It is one of the first things we had to 
do when taking over a foil mill was to stop the maintanence welding without 
a shield.  On one trip over I took 400 safety glasses with me.  We could buy 
them cheaper here (made in Italy) and take them to China that we could find 
they at the time in China.  This was about 1994 or so.  Things have changed 
a lot in 12 years.

Dave
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Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?


> No way.
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>>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
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