Welding Jacket
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Redlands Okie
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LOL. Love the fire blanket poncho idea. 
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Could be like Clint Eastwood in that movie with the stove plate under his poncho. Bullet AND Fire resistant.
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When I welded professionally, I always kept a full leather jacket in my tool box but never used it for welding. A heavily starched cotton shirt was all I needed for normal welding. When using a lot of 6010 rods, I would sometimes use a leather sleeve on my left arm because that arm seems to catch all the fire on a right handed welder.
I brought out the leather when I had to do some overheat arc gouging or plasma cutting. Cutting a hole in a schedule 160 header overhead with a plasma cutter is guaranteed to give your leathers a work out. I remember once I had to do that and was laying on a sheet of plywood. I punched the hole and had to quickly raise my body up off the plywood due to all the hot metal rolling und me. The plywood was burned everywhere and a perfect outline of my body was left unburned. This was 1.5" thick Inconel header that I had to cut a 1" hole in to install a new weld-o-let. Inconel has such a high melting point that it takes a lot of power to punch thru. Once I got a small hole in it, it was no problem putting all the molten metal inside the pipe but getting that initial hole was a killer.
Getting the occasional buckshot trickling down your shirt and into the nether regions is why I learned to TIG weld.
I brought out the leather when I had to do some overheat arc gouging or plasma cutting. Cutting a hole in a schedule 160 header overhead with a plasma cutter is guaranteed to give your leathers a work out. I remember once I had to do that and was laying on a sheet of plywood. I punched the hole and had to quickly raise my body up off the plywood due to all the hot metal rolling und me. The plywood was burned everywhere and a perfect outline of my body was left unburned. This was 1.5" thick Inconel header that I had to cut a 1" hole in to install a new weld-o-let. Inconel has such a high melting point that it takes a lot of power to punch thru. Once I got a small hole in it, it was no problem putting all the molten metal inside the pipe but getting that initial hole was a killer.
Getting the occasional buckshot trickling down your shirt and into the nether regions is why I learned to TIG weld.
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For some reason, I don't think my family will go for it... maybe the pot belly? But it is on the list. :laughing:
Dadnatron
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He looks 3 sizes too small for that jacket.
I scored a leather Hobart welding jacket, at TSC, for ten dollars, on clearance with a coupon. For the money, it's awesome! Very hot in the summer, but nice, this time of year. I am more of a light hobbyist. Did do some welding, today. Looked terrible, but it held.
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What ever you do buy one that's slightly larger than what you think you'll need. I bought one of those green fabric style ones and it works ok when i use it, but I think it must have shrunk I hadn't wore it in awhile went to put it on the other day and felt skin tight! Honestly I put on a few pounds since I used it last. Naturally as soon as I put it on my wife and her friend walked in to the garage and both of them started laughing there A$$es off at me. 
I usually use the sleeves, not so freaking hot.
I usually use the sleeves, not so freaking hot.
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Women are cruel! Try laughing at their appearance. Actually, Better not!
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I did end up getting the blue 'black stallion' welding jacket for xmas! Fits perfect and my wife actually said it looks good on me. She did add a caveat, not to go out to town wearing it though. For those wondering, I bought an XL (which is my size) and it fits comfortably over a long sleeve tee shirt so I am happy. And no... no pics but it did happen! :laughing:
PILOON
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In the very least wear cotton and not synthetics.
Synthetics will melt and fuse to your skin and ---ouch.
Cotton will smoulder but rarely ever flair up.
N'other is not to wear synthetic sneakers as those splatters will for sure give U a hot foot.
Synthetics will melt and fuse to your skin and ---ouch.
Cotton will smoulder but rarely ever flair up.
N'other is not to wear synthetic sneakers as those splatters will for sure give U a hot foot.
Jeepnford
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I bought one of the Miller fabric jackets a few years ago. Works good. Has to be getting hot out to get uncomfortable. Don't know comparison of quality/cost to the others.
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nybirdman
Me too arms neck chest and i wore leathers 34 years welder/fitter retired now thankfully.
Me too arms neck chest and i wore leathers 34 years welder/fitter retired now thankfully.
