Rusty,
Don’t forget about
others in the vicinity, and pets too. A friend’s dog got his retinas
burned from an arc welder.
Mark S.
(I wear gloves to
keep me from burning my fingers)
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Russell Duffy
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:44
PM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re:
-the other photo is
why I decided to spend my money on a welder, rather than on a welder.
Tom does very nice work. His welding hood has magnifying lens and he
welds barehanded. Well, that impresses me at
least.
Looks a little better
than mine, but so far mine hasn't broken
:-)
Was this TIG
welded? How does he keep his hand from getting that arc induced
sunburn? Man, I played with my TIG welder for about 15 minutes when I
first got it. I read all the warnings and such, and figured they
only applied to people who did this hours a day. The only thing I
took seriously was the eye protection. Of course I was in short pants,
kneeling on the floor. Afterwards, I had the worst "sunburn" of my
life. Lasted for about 2 weeks. I just welded an
electric flap limit switch bracket a few minutes ago. It was a tiny job,
but I put on the leather coat, gloves, helmet, lead cup <g>, etc.
Lesson learned.
PS- Tracy will catch
up eventually. Auto tune will temporarily delay him, but when everyone
has it, he should have more free time :-)