17 Sep
2007
17 Sep
'07
2:36 p.m.
dwight elvey wrote:
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:49:46 -0500> To:
cctech at classiccmp.org> From: trag at io.com>
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 looked funny for about 2 weeks.
When I was in my teens I worked as a fill welder - using high-amp,
large-diameter arc welder to reinforce and fill "tacked" assemblies. In
most of the welding I did, I might spend 20-30 minutes an hour actually
burning rod, but on the fill line it was over 50, and running at *very*
high energy levels.
I had run out of uniform shirts one day and wore an old long-sleeved
dress shirt with a T-shirt under it. When I got home that day, I had
heavy sunburn all over my front, except for where the shirt pockets and
button-basting had been.
For those arc-burned eyes, we always used chilled grated potato
compresses. I have no clue why, but it works wonders to soothe the pain.
Doc
PS - This was all 20 years ago, and there were tape-loop turret lathes
nearby, so it's on topic, right?
*runs*