WELDING FAILS!

[machining 4 all]

Today I put a smile on your face!

[IntheGroove]

At first glance I thought I read Wedding Fails. The only wedding fail is "I do." Anyway, if you are going to weld a skeg on an outdrive, remove it from the boat and drain the oil...

[meyer77]

I was on a job once and the guy installing a hand made metal hand rail was welding without a helmet (he did have one with him). I said "Don't you have a helmet?"
He said "yea but I'm use to it"!

[machining 4 all]

"I'm used to it" is a bad excuse to go blind ... The arc emits visible and invisible light radiation, in practically all wavelengths! So, just use a suitable mask, to get a minimum protection, and no lame excuses...

[meyer77]

"I'm used to it" is a bad excuse to go blind ... The arc emits visible and invisible light radiation, in practically all wavelengths! So, just use a suitable mask, to get a minimum protection, and no lame excuses...

He was a little odd to begin with, I was setting marble on the first floor, he was welding above me dropping sparks and slag onto the new marble!

[IntheGroove]

I got flash burn once. Once...

[machining 4 all]

Eyes burned by welding look like a cart full of sand...

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[machining 4 all]

Unfortunately this is not the profile of a good professional! All coating and finishing must be protected from welding spatter...

[Frank S]

With the exception of the guy grinding towards the torch bottles most of the rest are examples of making do with what you have available in an attempt to protect their eyes. Many races of people around the planet are not nearly as susceptible to the UV radiation of a welding arc as most are in other countries. I've known guys from India who could weld all day long out in the bright sunlight wearing only dark sunglasses and then thread a needle afterwards to sew up their torn shirts. A lot of that is a learned ability to position the rod so it is between you and the arc hiding the most intense part of the arc and using smaller lower amperage rods such as a 2mm 6013 rod

[desbromilow]

just me, or does the person pulling the Tig welder helmet off in #8 seem like the "fail" should be horseplay in the work place?

Whilst the welder didn't have screens up, he was using his hand for a wind block, and was wearing correct PPE - signage should have been enough for observers to be protected - but some numbnut lifting my helmet whilst I'm welding would be considered as horseplay or worse.