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19th July 2013, 06:30 PM #16SENIOR MEMBER
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I had a Kevlar welding jacket. Eventually I burnt a lot of holes through it - if you do a lot of overhead welding, you live in a bath of welding spatter and a lot of it collects in the off-arm elbow region. I now have a leather welding jacket which, too, has a lot of burn marks but no (as yet) burn-throughs.
I've set overalls on fire and older flannelette shirts on fire. In fact I have a nice scar on my right arm from a shirt fire (not to mention quite a collection of small round burn scars from burn-throughs while welding in a shirt). These days if the overalls or shirt are getting to the worn point, I replace them with new ones. Old ones catch fire far more easily.
Welding in joggers isn't a real great idea either...
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19th July 2013, 07:24 PM #17SENIOR MEMBER
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19th July 2013, 07:26 PM #18Member
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Having just had my first welding lesson and seeing the wooden top we were welding on catch fire a few times this series of posts based on a tragic accident has really been another wake-up call.
Sorry to base a question following such a tragic occurrence but what if I may ask is the best surface to weld on?
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19th July 2013, 08:10 PM #19SENIOR MEMBER
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Most proper welding tables have a steel top.
I weld on a jarrah bench top and no risk of fire with that.
Rob
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19th July 2013, 08:50 PM #20SENIOR MEMBER
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Steel without a doubt. Not only can you tack stuff to it, you can easily grind off the spatter, dags etc etc.
Yellow tongue isn't *bad*, you get little burn spots from the spatter but it doesn't catch fire. Most of my bench tops are yellow tongue flooring. However I prefer my 1800 x 900 x 6mm steel bench top.
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19th July 2013, 09:05 PM #21SENIOR MEMBER
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HI,
It's strange how things turn out sometimes. Last week I doing some grinding at home with my new AEG grinder, burnt a hole through my poly jumper (no injury to myself) it was literally only a 30 second cut. Getting burnt has always been on my mind as a bloke I know received 3rd degree burns to his thigh due to grinding a couple of years ago. Then this post came up reminding us how serious it can be.
Today I was doing a big grinding job at work, a good hour of cutting then grinding with a 9 inch. I ended up putting on a welding coat just to keep the sparks away. Guess you never know.
Cheers Ben.
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19th July 2013, 09:08 PM #22.
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The best welding table I have worked on for small jobs had a 12mm thick aluminium top. The spatter doesn't stick to the top so all that was needed to get a clean surface was a hand broom.
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19th July 2013, 09:51 PM #23
I can identify with this accident, I'm currently wearing a Yakka top that's got burn holes in it (from grinding) as I type... Last year I set fire to a pair of Rivers Jeans that I thought were cotton... not so.. they were some kind of plastic that melted and stuck to your skin... now I check the label when buying jeans.
And the height of stupidity, I have a Golden Chief leather welding jacket sitting there, that I could have taken an extra 10 seconds to put on... At least I usually wear a full face shield when grinding...
After reading this story, I'm going to take that extra few seconds to put on the welding jacket...
Regards
Ray
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19th July 2013, 10:19 PM #24
BobL,
I am pretty sure duck is just a heavy form of cotton. Should be OK, but as others have found, who knows if there are more modern threads in the mix.
Regards
SWK
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19th July 2013, 11:24 PM #25
I can remember soaking overalls in a concoction containing I think borax to fire retard them it was used on curtains in the days of candles. Now days they are reluctant to sell you borax.
RegardsHugh
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19th July 2013, 11:34 PM #26SENIOR MEMBER
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If I'm working in the shop, I always wear action back overalls. These go on & off easily (important to me because I've got a buggered left arm), give good protection to the legs & torso and don't restrict arm movement. Also reasonably cheap, comfortable (for me), robust and keeps wear & tear to street clothes to a minimum. Easy to put a welding jacket on over the top for extra protection.
A leather apron is good for a lot of stuff too. I've got a couple of plastic ones like butchers use as well, keeps a lot of crap off of my clothes when washing stuff down etc. If you get one that's longer than your wellington type boots you can power-wash your front down without getting your boots full of water. Old trick from working on trawlers.
I have an entry way to my house, the boots, overalls etc come off in the vestibule area and never go further inside. I have more pairs of steel capped boots & shoes than street shoes. This minimises swarf etc but not, alas, dust. I have polished timber floors and I like to keep them as close to pristine as possible. I also dislike cut feet from razor sharp bits of metal on the floor...
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23rd July 2013, 01:10 PM #29Banned
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Fireys
Firey's are now wearing those yellow fire retardent overalls.
We lost a female fire fighter (Wendy Barefoot) down in Albany only last year in a flame over event - the truck she was in went up and she died 6 weeks later from burns complications.
Condolences to the family and friends of this chap.
Maybe theres a lesson for all of us in this somewhere.
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24th July 2013, 12:00 PM #30
yeah I wear that yellow stuff, not sure how I would fair in a flame over. We have jets to 'protect' the truck and crew but dont really want to be in a position to have to use it. I should test it one day so I know it works
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regards
Dave
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