[TheForge] When is a shield not a mask?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

When i welded up the anvil for my treadle hammer, it was a whole 
bunch of discarded scraper blades stood on end and packed 
together and welded from hell to breakfast to be as solid as 
possible. The rod was from several 50# cans of ugly WW2 surplus 
leftovers. The day was hot and the fume content of the rod was 
unknown so i set up outside, running the cables out the door.
The pile was clamped together nice and high so i wouldn't have to 
stoop over. Set up a pneumatic chipping hammer right there so 
chipping out the beads was quick.
It was hot but i wore a long sleeve cotton shirt for protection 
and Cranked the old welder way up welded till dark.
Cotton wasn't enough.
By bedtime i had a single blister from my diaphragm to my neck.
Burns are an authoritative teacher.

I think the point my friend intended when he told about the blind 
welders was that people were more disposable there...pete f

Andy Gladish wrote:
>> I just can't imagine stick welding without a filter lens of some
>> sort.
> 
> Me neither- looking at the sunburn you get from TIG without protection on
> the neck and upper arms is enough to make me take it very seriously. Plus,
> the flash when my mask sensor misses the arc HURTS!
> Maybe we need to start a metalworkers non profit and send our old welding
> glasses and shields (sic) to china and Indonesia..
> 
> Andy
> 
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