Welding gone wrong...

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Reply:Mighty expensive little welding job!!Ol' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
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Reply:Ouch, just totaled a mini van!
Reply:Seems like the handled the fire pretty well.  Amended shop policy.  No longer will we provide any welding service.
Reply:When I first started out 45 years ago , I worked in a welding shop that had an automotive spring shop with three bays in it with pits. There was no barrier between the welding shop and the bays and you could look over and see what was going on.  They pulled in this fancy car, don't remember what it was exactly, something along the lines of a Camero or like. I remember looking over and thinking "Da*n that's a nice car, maybe some day" then went back to doing what I was doing. !0 minutes or so later  I looked over and again thought to myself, " I don't remember noticing the tinted windows, odd" Well, they weren't. They were burning the shock bolts off and set the interior afire, it totaled the car, completely gutted the interior. So I can see how they set it afire in the video.................Mike
Reply:Ahhh....the smell of roasted minivan in the morning. Nothing quite like it.---Meltedmetal
Reply:My first thought was that he was tacking exhaust components, but I can't see the separation from a pipe to the floor conducting any significant Heat. So, whatever it was that he was doing, it must have been against the Floor itself to start the insulation & carpet to "catch" like that.How stupid could this guy be? It wouldn't occur to him that the, other side, of what he was welding might be getting Really Hot???
Reply:They seemed to know what to do. Almost like it happened before!
Reply:One of my schoolmates in 1973 & 74 at ARIZONA AUTOMOTIVE INSTITUTE worked at a muffler shop & was doing a job on a vehicle when he impinged a gas line, he got soaked in gas and as he brushed the torch(oxy-fuel welding)to extinguish it his uniform caught fire & burned him severely. Extinguishing the torch this way was policy and normal practice in the shop, I'll bet that changed quickly. I think the guy fully recovered but I sure wouldn't want to be treated for that kind of burn. I burned my right calf to the point of having to scrub it with a surgical brush daily to make it bleed, I didn't get to lay there and endure the pain, I was the brush operator. IT SUCKED!IMPEACH BIDEN!NRA LIFE MEMBERUNITWELD 175 AMP 3 IN1 DCMIDSTATES 300 AMP AC MACHINEGOD HELP AMERICA!“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream".RONALD REAGAN
Reply:Y'all can call the guy a moron, but who hasn't started a fire, either with a welder, or a grinder.  It goes with the territory.
Reply:Honestly one of the best features of the new 4c style lenses are the ability to see flames!They ought to advertise that fact in the features.
Reply:wonder which one of the guys standing around was supposed to be on fire watch.I have been in  plants where you could not make an arc with out filling out paper work and having some one watch you weld and make sure you do not start a fire.No welding with out a fire permit.
Reply:yay, we exported some idiocy on video  this was in a city about 2.5 hours from me.He saved his welder, though... lolAs Sammm said, we've all done it... just (hopefully) not as badly... nor on camera!Murphy's Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.
Reply:Although not with a welder I foot one have caught myself on fire twice with a grinder.... not proud, but mistakes happen....
Reply:Originally Posted by MunkulAs Sammm said, we've all done it... just (hopefully) not as badly... nor on camera!
Reply:Originally Posted by SlowxjAlthough not with a welder I foot one have caught myself on fire twice with a grinder.... not proud, but mistakes happen....
Reply:When I have to weld on a combine I soak it down with the water hose first, and keep an extinguisher on hand. When I was working in the body shop we always kept somebody on watch with an air hose when we were welding on things that could spark into the interior. That plastic will go up like a gas soaked rag.250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes
Reply:Maybe he was closing a hole on an exhaust pipe.  Lots of short arcs allowing the puddle to cool and fill the hole.  Pad underneath the carpet starts to smolder before the carpet does.......  At least m experience from muffler pit work
Reply:Originally Posted by CAVEMANNOne of my schoolmates in 1973 & 74 at ARIZONA AUTOMOTIVE INSTITUTE worked at a muffler shop & was doing a job on a vehicle when he impinged a gas line, he got soaked in gas and as he brushed the torch(oxy-fuel welding)to extinguish it his uniform caught fire & burned him severely. Extinguishing the torch this way was policy and normal practice in the shop, I'll bet that changed quickly. I think the guy fully recovered but I sure wouldn't want to be treated for that kind of burn. I burned my right calf to the point of having to scrub it with a surgical brush daily to make it bleed, I didn't get to lay there and endure the pain, I was the brush operator. IT SUCKED!
Reply:Originally Posted by old miner called PopBrushed the torch to extinguish it? What do you mean? rubbin the tip on somethin or what?
Reply:Originally Posted by CAVEMANNThey were taught to brush the lit torch tip on their pant leg to extinguish it.
Reply:Originally Posted by CAVEMANNThey were taught to brush the lit torch tip on their pant leg to extinguish it, he happened to be soaked in gasoline though.
Reply:The day I extinguish anything hot on myself I want someone to just put me down as I have obviously lost my mind lolSent from my SM-A426U using Tapatalk
Reply:I thought the big debate was whether you shut off the oxy or gas first... not whether or not you use your tongue.250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLesOriginally Posted by Lis2323I really wanna say you made that up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:What advantage was there to extinguishing the flame on your clothes.  The gas still needed to be turned off after the flame was extinguished?.
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Reply:Originally Posted by BaTuMy first thought was that he was tacking exhaust components, but I can't see the separation from a pipe to the floor conducting any significant Heat. So, whatever it was that he was doing, it must have been against the Floor itself to start the insulation & carpet to "catch" like that.How stupid could this guy be? It wouldn't occur to him that the, other side, of what he was welding might be getting Really Hot???
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammmY'all can call the guy a moron, but who hasn't started a fire, either with a welder, or a grinder.  It goes with the territory.
Reply:Originally Posted by William McCormickHe had to be a newbie if he didn't know you cannot weld on something paper-thin with a carpet on the other side. Sincerely, William McCormick
Reply:One word, “carbeque”
Reply:That would scare the hell out of me. I'm sure I would have been pitching water on the tire because logic would go out the window.