17 Sep
2007
17 Sep
'07
7:57 a.m.
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 21:11 -0700, dwight elvey wrote:
You can get a sun burn from arc welding as well. I
was
about 5 feet away and watching a friend do some welding
for me. All I had was goggles and not a full face shield.
I got a nice tan from welding up some bits on a car once. I normally
don't tan or sunburn at all. Of course, there probably isn't a lot of
UV in the sun in these latitudes - wherever you are in Britain, you're
at least as far north as the southern tip of Alaska...
Gordon