Bonehead
Skull Master
I thought since there was nothing here yet I'd start off with a couple of safety tips.
I picked up a jeep magazine the other day and in it they show a guy welding in a tank top, and tennis shoes. American Chopper, and shows like it, show guys running 4 inch angle grinders with no gloves, or eye protection.
This has got to stop. The younger crowd may think it is macho not to work with minimal safety gear, but they need to learn BEFORE a costly mistake. Eye protection is a must. I have been to the E.R. a couple of times to get a small chunk of metal drilled out of my eyeball. No fun! but I am lucky not to have perminent damage from that. I have burned a grinder disk into my left wrist twice. ( slow learner) And flash welding burns, I think the worst is on the front ofyour neck. I hear about welders getting skin cancer in that spot.
So the lesson is: Boots, long pants, long shirt,gloves, and a good hood when welding. Ear protection when hammering, eye protection all the time.
It may sound like I am a walking posterchild for band aids, but in 30+ years I am bound to have made some mistakes.
I picked up a jeep magazine the other day and in it they show a guy welding in a tank top, and tennis shoes. American Chopper, and shows like it, show guys running 4 inch angle grinders with no gloves, or eye protection.
This has got to stop. The younger crowd may think it is macho not to work with minimal safety gear, but they need to learn BEFORE a costly mistake. Eye protection is a must. I have been to the E.R. a couple of times to get a small chunk of metal drilled out of my eyeball. No fun! but I am lucky not to have perminent damage from that. I have burned a grinder disk into my left wrist twice. ( slow learner) And flash welding burns, I think the worst is on the front ofyour neck. I hear about welders getting skin cancer in that spot.
So the lesson is: Boots, long pants, long shirt,gloves, and a good hood when welding. Ear protection when hammering, eye protection all the time.
It may sound like I am a walking posterchild for band aids, but in 30+ years I am bound to have made some mistakes.
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