[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

[John Husvar]

On 3/22/10 9:46 AM, "dan tull" <dantull at numail.org> wrote:

> Causes dain bramage!!

Works real well for that, too! Look at me. :)

> 
> I used to wipe down whole bldg w/ acetone, etc. for painting w/o gloves.
> And look what it got me!!

Yea, verily! Same deal with wiping down crane girders with Xylol. Hang 'em
from a work bay crane and crawl all over/under them with rags and xylol.

S'where I got my saying: "I stand behind my work, never under it."

It's just a little scary crawling, or even standing, under a suspended 25-30
ton load and hoping all those chain links, cable strands, and brake shoes
are holding hands up there. Makes one downright paranoid, just a bit. Hardly
anybody ever thinks that many cranes weigh much _more_ than the load they're
supposed to lift.:)

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Husvar" <jhusvar at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "theforge ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17
> 
>> So _that's_ what happened to me! Now I know why I'm so craaaaazy, crazy
>> enough to be a smith anyway! :)
>> 
>> When I worked in the overhead crane factory and for a crane service
>> company
>> we used Xylol (trade name for xylene) for parts cleaning and darn near
>> everything else as a solvent, thinner and so on; no wimpy gloves, suits,
>> respirators, etc.:)
>> 
>> Hell, it was also a factory joke to tell a guy to be careful using MEK to
>> degrease gearboxes etc. and laugh at him when he passed out if he didn't
>> pay
>> attention. (Losing consciousness without warning is a known hazard of
>> MEK.)
>> 
>> It's a wonder I've lived _this_ long. I've provably (not probably) been
>> exposed to nearly every industrial chemical and hazardous material there
>> is
>> and with little or no protective gear. I'd bet there isn't one plant I did
>> repairs in that wasn't loaded with asbestos. It was the industry standard
>> insulation back in the day.
>> 
>> 
>> . 
> 
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