1st rule of welding, is?
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weldermike
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My eyes are light blue, and although they are effected by any sort of bright light they are not bothered by welding at all. My sun visor in my truck actually stays all the way down, even at night.
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Shield Arc
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That's OK Mike. I've run out of hands, and stuck the hot end of a Tig rod in my mouth before!
chad22
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That's OK Mike. I've run out of hands, and stuck the hot end of a Tig rod in my mouth before!
OMG Now that's one hot Jalapeno.
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Refer to my post #38. If the glass fell out, it obviously wasnt installed correctly or it had been tampered with since your last use and if it fell out of the hood then it was for absolutely surely leaking light inside for ever how long you were welding. Check your hood for leaks everytime before welding especially if you havent used it in a long period of time.
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Guaranteed that if you get a piece of slag stuck to your lip, you WILL get burned twice. Once on the lip and once on the tongue when you automatically try flick it off.
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I agree. I don't think the glass was installed correctly. It was a helmet that a friend gave to me. So he might have have taken it out to clean around it and just didn't get it installed right when he put it back together as it shouldn't have come out.
Most I have seen have the clip on the inside but this helmet had the clip on the outside. It's the first I have seen with the clip on the outside. And the metal clip just suddenly popped out and along with it the glass.
Seems like it was bad design to put the clip on the outside. The one I have now, the clip is on the inside. There's no way the glass can just drop out.
I don't know. It baffled me when it happened.
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chad22
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I'll definitely be sure to do that leak test everytime I use my helmet. Really great advice.
Thanks
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hizoot
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A good friend had a molten piece of steel go down into his ear while laying on his side....talk about gettin out of a pipe quick!!! I never seen a fat man move so quick
Also...a few months ago, I purchased a new Hypertherm 40. First timer ,with never having any instructions. I didnt use anything to shield my eyes, My eyes were swollen shut 5 hours later and in deep pain.They gave a solution at the hospital that provided immediate relief,but wore off to quickly. The nurse told me to rinse my eyes with milk periodically to sooth them, Also use raw potatos cut to fit the eyesocket,,,this helped draw the fire out
Also...a few months ago, I purchased a new Hypertherm 40. First timer ,with never having any instructions. I didnt use anything to shield my eyes, My eyes were swollen shut 5 hours later and in deep pain.They gave a solution at the hospital that provided immediate relief,but wore off to quickly. The nurse told me to rinse my eyes with milk periodically to sooth them, Also use raw potatos cut to fit the eyesocket,,,this helped draw the fire out
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Having great fun reading all of these!
Gary's post reminds me of seeing a bit of slag bouncing around inside my helmet while doing some overhead stick welding. On the 3rd or 4th bounce it hit the inside surface of my eyeglasses lens and popped into my eye, like it had sand in it. I thought I had got it out by rinsing with water and continued working. Went home and noticed a scratchy feeling in my eye. Around 10 pm I went to the emergency room with what felt like a hot knife in my eye. The slag had stuck to the surface of the eyeball. Doctor looked at it, reached for a scalpel, said "don't even think about moving" and flicked it off with the blade.
So I started to wear safety eyeglasses when I weld - the old school kind - grey plastic Clark Kent style, with the folding screen cups on the sides of the frame.
That was years ago and my eyes have changed since, so it's time to get some new safety specs. I wonder if they make safety cheaters?