From: Clocky on 6 May 2010 07:46 Kev wrote: > Jason James wrote: >> "F Murtz" <haggisz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4be24c7f$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>> Jason James wrote: >>>> Using an arc welder yesterday with a hand-held shield, and managed >>>> to cop a >>>> flash. Now over the years I've heard they can give you a nasty >>>> head-ache, but I've not experienced anything except a white blob >>>> imprinted on my retina >>>> for about 10 or so minutes. Nothing else has happened. >>>> >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> >>> You have to be careful the uv actually burns the eye. >> >> Yes thanx,..I have the picture now :-) > > > And never stand over a welding job while wearing shorts, It's Sunburn > like you've never experienced before > Yeah, I was going to say that it burns exposed skin equally as well so cover up as much as possible.
From: Bernd Felsche on 6 May 2010 07:41 ^Tems^ <stevebrooks13(a)live.com> wrote: >Noddy wrote: >> "^Tems^"<stevebrooks13(a)live.com> wrote: >>> Has anyone used one of these? >>> http://www.weldmaster.com.au/solar_storm_bro_w.pdf >> Not that particular one, but they're all much of a muchness. >> Bunnings sells a 60 buck cheapy just like that, and I bought one >> as a spare a couple of months ago. It works so well that it's now >> my full time helmet and my "regular" helmet is now the spare :) >Can you get them in white? You could get a white one and some white >overalls and walk around pretending you are the stig :D Now you're being stupid: The Stig's helmet lightens in the presence of welding arc and darkens otherwise. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | If builders built buildings the way programmers X against HTML mail | wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that / \ and postings | came along would destroy civilization.
From: Noddy on 6 May 2010 19:21 "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4be336d2$0$8826$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > As I said Clocky, only for quickies, large jobs I use the helmet. I also > said I didn't advocate it, just my personal experience of over 40 years of > welding with oxy, arc, mig and tig and includes underwater welds too. I > think I'm aware of the risks by now. Clearly you're not, or you wouldn't be doing it. Only a complete idiot would do *any* kind of welding without proper eye protection, but then I'm not the bit surprised that you do. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 6 May 2010 19:34 "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote in message news:4be35043$0$27828$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Yet you do what you do despite them... not very clever ;-) Sharp as a bowling ball, but then that could hardly surprise anyone around here really :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on 7 May 2010 05:17 John McKenzie wrote: > Jason James wrote: >> Using an arc welder yesterday with a hand-held shield, and managed to cop a >> flash. Now over the years I've heard they can give you a nasty head-ache, >> but I've not experienced anything except a white blob imprinted on my retina >> for about 10 or so minutes. Nothing else has happened. >> >> Jason > > Short answer yes. Bloke I worked with 38 years ago ( a scott) was an excellent welder but after a while I became aware of him tilting and turning the head , turns out he did a similar thing to you one time to many and spot welded some of his retina's , basically he stick welded by feel and hearing . Since those days I have met a number of welders with similar problems and all it takes with the high intensity welders of today is a 1 second burn to ruin your sight especially a tig . > > Long answer, I was born with exceptional eyesight (got lucky I guess, > and funny since both parents wore coke bottle glasses). A friend and I > got into a bit of a pickle, how can I describe this. >
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