We had one turn up for a welding test at our factory, when asked where his mask was his reply was "I don't need one, I just squint" he didn't get the job.it's coz real men don't need em.....hahaha.....
Safety squint must be used in this areaWe had one turn up for a welding test at our factory, when asked where his mask was his reply was "I don't need one, I just squint" he didn't get the job.
I often think about this when such videos are posted. I don't know what the exchange rate is, But I think over there, £9.98 would buy quite a lot of food. I had the idea that we could send the rubbish masks that come with a new hobby welder, over there. But I fear they would just be sold on to buy food.Literally £9.98 and that's made abroad and shipped here. Can't be more than a few quid elsewhere in the worls
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The shirt looks far too clean for welding duty too.
I've had arc eye, and some actual uv damage likely from sunlight. Its not something Id ever choose to have again. Maybe safety squinting works - until a blob of splatter gets your eyelid..?
A welder guy who lived round there corner from us in the Philippines reckoned he had to sink a skinful of San Miguel every night to get to sleep. I showed him my welding mask, let him try it, he couldn't get the hang of it and went back to sunglasses. His welding was really only lots of tacks, hot on hot, with a stick welder, and blink in between.I dont know how these guys sleep at night, the twice Ive had arc eye, I couldnt!
About a £1million worth of steel there
I loved those places, when I lived over that neck of the woods, you could walk in and eyeball what sizes were available, ask the price, get it cut to suit, or get it delivered, all for a very reasonable price.I don't know how they do it. It's also in a busy street, called tin street as they make tinware there, silk street is for silk, tobacco street for tobacco etc, etc. So passers by could suffer arc eye too. When we walked by yesterday it was rammed with locals and tourists all could get arc eye! View attachment 365795View attachment 365796View attachment 365797I'm fascinated with what you can get here, the steel stockists are amazing, right in the middle of the city too. They carry several 6m sections of box and angle home on their scooters holding on their shoulders whilst steering with their other hand!
Clearly no-one has thought of buying the president a crash helmet factory yet. That's the normal way it works!In Saigon, where we were last week they had mopeds with trailers, cargo by day, unhitched then passenger trailer hooked on to carry 4 people by night, like a makeshift tuk tuk. Apparently any form of tuk tuk are banned in Hanoi so everything goes on the scooter, the lady passengers ride side saddle! 4 people to a scooter is common, however twice we've seen 5! All wearing masks but no helmet. Apparently afraid of catching COVID but not bothered about smashing their families skulls in! Madness
I ended up wearing an eye patch for a week !I dont know how these guys sleep at night, the twice Ive had arc eye, I couldnt!
I did a set of gates for a guy about thirty years ago , really really nice and very involved , and a lot of cash ,,,, any ways we went to fit them , they were even remote control and that was practically unheard of back then ,,, any way ,, hinges held up , and all in place ,,, so its electric stick off a long lead , close eyes and tack , then get the mask on and weld .... the guy the gates were for nearly had a hairy fit .We had one turn up for a welding test at our factory, when asked where his mask was his reply was "I don't need one, I just squint" he didn't get the job.
even worse ,,,, they make benches ,,,How come none of these welders in foreign countries can afford a passive shield?