DO NOT ARC WELD FOR LONG PERIOD.....WITHOUT A SHIRT OR JACKET......ask me how i know????????? iam appling large quantites of ALOE to my chest and stomach area today....BOY IT FEELS JUST LIKE A BAD SUNBURN!!!!! was a nice day yseterday and i got a welding project i wanted to get done.....wellllll i didnt put on a shirt, and the light from the arc welder....basially cooked me..... bet i wont do that again.......as BOONSKI told me...."iam dumber then a box of hair." oh well LIVE AND LEARN.....yesterday was a LEARNIN day........)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
[ March 12, 2007, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
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Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Chest and STOMACH...You buying ALOE by the gallon OP? :-)
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Look at the bright side OP, at least you were wearing shorts... or at least some underwear. Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
Speedo tanline? LOL. OP you should have know better than that! Thank God it wasn't your eyes!!
Posted by Michael R. Bendel (Member # 5847) on :
You may have something there OP. Arc tanning beds!
Posted by Joe Endicott (Member # 628) on :
Nice to see that there are still some things in life you can count on.
Posted by Tim Whitcher (Member # 685) on :
The visual has MY eyes burning! Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
well no wonder i aint heard from ya joe.....VIRGINIA BEACH?????? DAMN..... well i at least was smart enough to wear a WELDING HELMET....that shoulda told me something huh? and i was wearing shorts.......and mike b. was at the welding place today gettin refill of OX/ACYT and they tell me there that this is more of a 3rd degree burn then a sunburn....AND the y said it wont TAN..........just gona be sore till it heals......
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
A football helmet is not the same as a welding helmet. Next you'll be telling us those are work boots.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
you gona be another rick B?????????)))))))))
Posted by Mark M. Kottwitz (Member # 1764) on :
Yeah, been there done that.
I guess it was about 13 or 14 years ago, I was at a small sign company in Hattiesburg, and we had someone go out and measure a sign for a replacement face, and they mismeasured. (The employee was on the way out, so he didn't care.) The face was 11" too short, so I had to cut 5 1/2 inches out of each side of the support pole. I worked a 17 hour day working outside, and welding in the dark caused me to burn my eyes even though I was using a helment. That was the worst I have ever been burnt, and by far the most painful.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Well, that dispeals the theory that wisdom comes with age.
Posted by David O'Hanlon (Member # 2754) on :
Never weld commando.
Posted by David O'Hanlon (Member # 2754) on :
[ March 14, 2007, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: David O'Hanlon ]
Posted by David O'Hanlon (Member # 2754) on :
[ March 14, 2007, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: David O'Hanlon ]
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
UH, David...not sure what you're saying there... HowEver, I will testify as this much, as far as welding goes...
It's easy to get burnt. Even when you think you're protected... sort of like Life...it'll sting you once in ahile, but that doesn't make it all that bad...
It all boils down to what you believe in.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
It's amazing how many arc welding horror stories can occur. Like when you're squatting down to get that last low spot, and a hunk of molten metal lands on a crease in your jeans, and you don't notice it til it burns thru to your leg....... Or worse, a piece of molten metal lands on your sneaker and melts thru. It's amazing how long it takes to get a shoe off when this happens......
Posted by Jerry Starpoli (Member # 1559) on :
Joe to ease the pain Try applying Baking Soda. It sure works for Sunburn
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i got me a brand new jar of NOXZEMA.....redness almost all gone today, still a little tender....you right ray.....age is not the main factor to wisdom......but i wont do this ever again!!!!!!!
Posted by David O'Hanlon (Member # 2754) on :
Not saying much Jeff. I've always been pedantic about welding safety. Even though I always wear long sleeved shirts, I've started using a bit of sun screen on my arms and chest if I know I'm going to be welding for more than 15 mins or so.
[ March 14, 2007, 05:33 PM: Message edited by: David O'Hanlon ]
Posted by Dusty Campbell (Member # 4601) on :
And I'm sure you all know to take your cigarette lighters out of your pockets. We don't need anyone blown up.
Zippos are ok.
Posted by Dana Stanley (Member # 6786) on :
OH, I've made a couple mistakes welding. First when I was just a kid. I kept lifting the helmet to start the arc. Had patches on my eyes for 2 days. Try throwing gravel in your eyes if you want to know how it feels. Then there was the time I was welding a new low bed trailer frame rails. You need to be in spray arc mode to insure penetration as the metal is 3/4" thick. well I must have had my top button undone and dam near ripped my throat out. One time I was cutting and a piece of molten steel landed in the seat of my pants. I think I still have the tattoo I can't tell, maybe I can send a picture and you can look for me?
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
2weekends later..........and it wasnt much worse then the worst sunburn i ever had........)))))))) Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
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Posted by Laurie Corl (Member # 5324) on :
Will someone explain to me why this post is so wide. I have to scroll back and forth to read the text. It seems to vary from one topic to the next. If someone starts a topic on a wide screen does that set the parameter for the post?
Would you trust a weld done by anyone so oblivious to welding safety?
Maybe it's just a guy thing!
[ March 27, 2007, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: Laurie Corl ]
Posted by jake snow (Member # 5889) on :
Nice rack Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Op - gamma rays from an arc welder will not shrink breasts....
If it weren't for those 5 hairs....I'd almost (blush) say you've got a nice set of teets.
[ March 27, 2007, 06:47 PM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
you like guys with more hair??????)))))))))))))) figures....
Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
Good question Laurie. Joe's photo is 800 pixels wide. That's about 200 pixels too wide to fit into the screen without causing it to stretch. Please take a few seconds to reduce your photos to no more than 600 pixels wide at the max.
That's some burn Joe. Those are definitly quarters. Am I right Karyn? Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
OP - Found this ad in JC Penny.
As you can see by the comparison....it's definately time you did something in regards to covering up and giving support to those man-boobs.
A Man-zierre is definately justified. For the love of Pete....don't go near nursing babies...you'll traumatize them for life.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
TODDI you are a perv.....and spend way to much time with my pic......you sicko...........
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
An exhibitionist calling someone a sicko perv... Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
I'll bet that itches like mad.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
it did.....and bruce your just to kind ..as always...somethings never will change.......
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Hey Joe just top save you some further agony: DON'T COOK FRENCH FRIES WITH YOUR SHIRT OFF!!!!
Posted by Sam Sanfilippo (Member # 425) on :
Awww GEEZE!!! I had to open this thread..LOL. And to think that I was the only one capable of stuff like that. Years ago, I had a toolbox to weld under the shop truck..well as it goes, I couldn't keep the helmet in position so I opted for the squint and arc method. Spent a week knowing what blind folk go through. Bad part is the folks at the eye foundation hospital here at UAB gave me a frequent visitor card.
Just got over the insides of my thighs and knees being burnt the same way. Welding with shorts with tubing laying on the ground. And naturally it was while it was cold a few weeks ago...sweatpants even hurt.
Good to see...er well, good to know things ar healing up Joe.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
You never know what's going to pop up here!! It's like watching the Animal Planet or taking a trip to the zoo....
Here's another zoo animal for you...OP's number 1 Customer...hahahahaha.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Thanks, guys.
So much for enjoying that Chinese food I just ate...
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