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Note to self: NO WELDING IN SNEAKERS that was a dumb *** maneuver on my part. too lazy to put on my boots for a quick job and now have a smouldering little crater in the top of my foot.Miller Multimatic 255
Reply:isn't it amazing how they can find the hole where the shoe string goes, land in it and dig in like an seed tick.you ain't gotta eat it
Reply:That happens. Like sometimes you button the top button of shirt. Other times you don't. How does that spark know when you don't ??? It's like those thermos bottles, how does it know when the liquid should be kept hot or cold !
Reply:See my signature.                            MikeOl' 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
Reply:I've forgotten where it is, a thread about you know you're a welder if, there was a list of ifs. The one I thought was funniest: someone comes along and says "you're on fire", without stopping, you respond "I know"As a kid, I was given advice by an experienced welder, he told me to buy my boots too large. "When you feel something hot in there, kick it to the toe of your boot and wait for it to cool." I would trip on clown shoes.
Reply:been there done that a few times. right up there with sweating pipes at home in flip flops. done that one exactly once.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:How about laying on one's side and having a "meteor" shoot into the ear canal, landing on the ear drum?  Thar hasn't happened to me, but I've read about it.  The very limited few times I've welded in that awkward position, I'll loosely put a foam ear plug in my ear, thus still allowing me to hear but also protect my ear drum.Lincoln Power Mig 216Lincoln AC/DC-225/125Miller  625 X-Treme PlasmaMiller 211 Forney 95FI-A 301HF 91110Victor Journeyman O/PMilwaukee DaytonMakita  Baileigh NRA Life Member
Reply:Well other than the few times I've been to the gym, I haven't worn anything other than boots since the age 13, but I will throw in my advice when shopping for work boots.  Don't buy ones that the eyelets for the laces go way down low on your boots.  I had a dingle berry drop off and get down in between the flap for the laces and the boot, we had big pressurized sprayers for anti-spatter when that happened, I sprayed that in there to get relief because I couldn't get my boots off fast enough.
Reply:My former boss learned you don't just cut off a little piece of 1/8" strap metal with an O/A torch when wearing shorts and cowboy boots."USMCPOP" First-born son: KIA  Iraq 1/26/05Syncrowave 250 w/ Coolmate 3Dialarc 250, Idealarc 250SP-175 +Firepower TIG 160S (gave the TA 161 STL to the son)Lincwelder AC180C (1952)Victor & Smith O/A torchesMiller spot welder
Reply:Have MIG'd in slips {open toe sandals}.  Once.  Only once.  "Hey, it's only a quick line, shouldn't be a prob, watch this".  F' that.  Thought a hornet stung my minor toe.  The dance of shame was priceless.  LoL.  Never again.  Cowboy/Engineer boots only for me bro."Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:The hot goober on the ear drum happened to the maintenance man in a tannery we were doing work in. several operations and he still had to retire young because of the lingering problems.Last edited by lars66; 02-02-2014 at 09:17 AM.
Reply:I have a pair of gym socks that are full of little holes where the little sparks burned through my sneakers the one time I thought stick welding with 6011 in them would be fine because I'd keep my feet out of the way,  I laugh every time I put those sox on to go to the gym. Only leather Wellington style for me. Is foam the right thing for your ears? Sounds like an enhanced interrogation technique that I don't want to experience!
Reply:Originally Posted by AntiblingWell other than the few times I've been to the gym, I haven't worn anything other than boots since the age 13, but I will throw in my advice when shopping for work boots.  Don't buy ones that the eyelets for the laces go way down low on your boots.  I had a dingle berry drop off and get down in between the flap for the laces and the boot, we had big pressurized sprayers for anti-spatter when that happened, I sprayed that in there to get relief because I couldn't get my boots off fast enough.
Reply:Originally Posted by docwelder... i had the head of a bolt i had just burnt off fall into my boot landing on the ankle bone...
Reply:It always comes down the the old saying " never enough time to do it right, but always time to do it over"   the extra few minutes to put proper protection on saves hours of suffering later, and we never learn...and we all take the chance and do it...Of all the things I lost I miss my mind the most...I know just enough about everything to be dangerous......You cant cure stupid..only kill it...
Reply:Man, I recently had one go through the tongue of my work boot. THAT, is just not fair!"Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:Originally Posted by OldendumBet you could have given Fred Astaire a lesson on tap dancing in boots.
Reply:I would add; don't wear a watch. In my youth I had built up a worn out trailer coupler. It was too tight to slip over the ball. I would heat it with a heating tip allow a bit of excess metal drip away. I failed to use a plumb bob to calculate the fall line. In said fall line was my left wrist. The half teaspoon drop of liquid steel dripped under my watch. During my rain dance, I ripped the watch off taking with it the now flat watch sized drop of steel and enough flesh to reveal white bone, I couldn't wear a watch for years, the flesh was so tender a small bump would tear it open, a nasty scar!
Reply:If your gonna tell on yourself at least post a picture of your work.Arcon Workhorse 300MSPowcon 400SMTPowcon SM400 x 2Powcon SM3001968 SA200 Redface1978 SA250 DieselMiller Super 32P FeederPre 1927 American 14" High Duty LatheK&T Milwaukee 2H Horizontal MillBryan
Reply:Originally Posted by RodJIs foam the right thing for your ears? Sounds like an enhanced interrogation technique that I don't want to experience!
Reply:Originally Posted by SuperArcAnother good ear canal protection device to keep little balls-o-fire out are empty 9mm shell casings.  It offers zero hearing protection, but does prevent sparks from entering and blowing up an ear drum.  As long as you insert the hollow ends in first.  They don't have to set too deep in the ear canal either.
Reply:Winchester or Federal brass?  Ive got some nickel plated Speer I might try - easier to keep clean / less powder residue.
Reply:@Blawless, it isn't even worth posting pictures of the work. I was just running beads for the purpose of testing out a couple of different helmets and different shade lenses for my pipeliner helmet. But if you look in the "mig,tig, stick, oxyfuel" category, you will see some of my work. And if I was going to really show you a picture of my work, I'd have to put up a spreadsheet. Welding is my hobby, accounting is my work, which explains a lot....Miller Multimatic 255
Reply:Not that work. The awesome hole you burnt in your foot. Originally Posted by Louie1961@Blawless, it isn't even worth posting pictures of the work. I was just running beads for the purpose of testing out a couple of different helmets and different shade lenses for my pipeliner helmet. But if you look in the "mig,tig, stick, oxyfuel" category, you will see some of my work. And if I was going to really show you a picture of my work, I'd have to put up a spreadsheet. Welding is my hobby, accounting is my work, which explains a lot....
Reply:All I ever wear is shoes in the shop.Originally Posted by VPTAll I ever wear is shoes in the shop.
Reply:the combined battle scar pics of all the welders here would probably fill a plastic surgery medical text. it would make an interesting thread.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Oooo yeah Start posting pictures. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2you ain't gotta eat it
Reply:Oooo yeah Start posting pictures. Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2you ain't gotta eat it
Reply:I started welding back in the 80's wearing those white converse boat shoes. Yep, I can be a dumb @$$. Now when I feel the burn, I remember I probably didn't change my shoes.Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:Originally Posted by SuperArcHow about laying on one's side and having a "meteor" shoot into the ear canal, landing on the ear drum?  Thar hasn't happened to me, but I've read about it.
Reply:Getting one in the nose and burning the tissue in there sucks as well.Miller xmt304,  Miller S22 p12, Miier Maxstar SD, Miller 252 w 30A, Miller super32p12, Lincoln Ranger 9, Thermal Arc 181I with spoolgun, Hypertherm 10000 ,Smith torches. Esab 161lts miniarc.