Thread: set myself on fire.

Originally Posted by pjt

The blob of weld metal down the open bit of the shirt sleeve (cuff) just as you are seconds away from completeing a vertical up and it sits there melting your elbow, that's fun as well.....

Pete

That's commitment!

Bobl I'm glad there was no damage done. I think one of my more painfull and unexpected efforts was putting the stick welding handpiece down then squatting down beside it do chip slag. The cable must have flicked the handpiece over just in time for me to catch it behind the back of my knee and the still hot tip burnt straight through the jeans. Falling on my but was a quicker way of getting it out than getting to my feet .
We always had the bucket of water nearby. Setting fire to the surrounds or yourself just seemed to come with the territory.

A while ago, I had my shirt go up like a struck match.....there was an accumulation of grinder waste on my shirt and a spark from the oxy got it and it burned a big hole in my shirt.

I still remain convinced that rap dancing was invented by welders.

something I call the "Michale Jackson Effect"

from "Angle grinders and gloves thread"

OH the michael jackson effect.

Yep I've seen that one.

A boiler maker grinding away merrily , not having his top button done up.
A smallish piece of hit metal breaks away from the end of the job being ground, bounces off this & that ( as it bounces he turns his head to watch it) and goes straight down the front of his shirt.
Drops the grinder, jumps back with an OOWH , takes several steps backward shaking his shirt (that was tucked in).... still hot metal fragment continues and lodges in the crutch of the trousers ..... he spins arround grabs his crutch with another OOWH ...... bends his knees and shakes his ass till the metal tumbles down his trouser leg...... which causes him to stand on one leg and shake the other. .....the still hot piece of metal then falls into the open top of his boot. .... thinking quick without hesitation he drops to the floor in the splits with his head pressed to one knee so he can reach into his boot and remove the metal. ....sticks the fingers of his ungloved hand into the boot flicks out the matal (finally) onto the ground but burns his fingers ..... lets out another OOWH..... this causes him to recoil flat onto his back shaking the hand over his head.... BUT..... he finds hot metal on the ground behind his back. .... which causes him to arch his back and jump straight to his feet .

at this point he runs out of the workshop ( stage left) to get first aid for his multiple burns.

Look at any of the thriller era jackson coriography and you will see this theme.
Some would say that the coriographer was a genius...... I disagree.... he must have been a welder.


cheers