Aargh...It never ends..

From: der Mouse <mouse_at_Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Date: Sat Feb 21 02:21:35 2004

>> Since then he's always done the eyes-closed bit when he has to
>> arcweld sans helmet. (Ie, prepare, close eyes, strike arc, weld by
>> feel and sound, break arc, and ONLY THEN open eyes to see how you
>> did!)
> It sounds like your dad needs to leave a couple extra welding masks
> laying around in various locations ;)

Oh, if there's a real welder, there will surely be helmets (or at least
goggles, though you have to be careful with goggles - sometimes they're
for oxyacetelyne welding, not sufficient for arc-welding). I'm talking
about times like out on the road in rural India when he's managed to
convert a spare diesel truck starter motor into a generator and is
using it as an emergency arc-welder. (No, that's not a specific
example, as far as I know. But it's the sort of thing he might well
have done at need - he had a real gift for things mechanical, and he
did tend to end up in places like Poland after the war, or rural India,
where you can't just pop down to the corner store and pick up an
arc-welding helmet.)

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