Welding gone wrong...

[CAVEMANN]

I really wanna say you made that up!


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Sorry but it IS true. I don't think the kid came back to finish school that year. I agree POPEYE, I would think it's just a matter of time before there was a screwup.

[tapwelder]

What advantage was there to extinguishing the flame on your clothes. The gas still needed to be turned off after the flame was extinguished?.

[William McCormick]

Ma'am the muffler bracket welding will be $250, rugs, upholstery, headliner, ozone treatment, paint job, $7,000

Sincerely,

William McCormick

[William McCormick]

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???

Have a guy inside pouring water if you aren't going to take the carpets out.

Sincerely,

William McCormick

[William McCormick]

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.

He 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

[davec]

He 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

I went to a junk yard to get a seat belt to replace the failing retractor mechanism for an old Explorer I wanted to keep going for another couple years. Found the right part and the guy in the shop removed it from the vehicle by torching it out. Ayup, right through the seat belt too, totally trashing it. How dumb can you be to torch out a fabric part? I left without my part...

[_Weldman_]

One word, “carbeque”

[Reebz]

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.

[Ruark]

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.

Oh, sure. Once I was grinding a coupon with a flap disk. I smelled something burning. I turned around and a spark from the grinding had flown about 20 feet away and set fire to some dead grass. Flames were going up 8 feet. I had a water hose right there and put it out, but it scared the living crap out of me. Since then I've almost always welded with a water hose next to me.

[smithdoor]

Everyone around not seeing the flames.
I would how the explanat the black color in car maybe ¤ it came that way"

Dave

[mrmikey]

Anyone remember those plaid shirt/jacket things, they went kinda fuzzy when you washed them the first time. Decades ago that's what I used to wear while welding, they were cheap and warm. First time I used one after it was washed I struck an arc and the whole jacket went up in a sheet of flame, went out before I realized what had happened, never burnt long enough to do any damage other than pinked up my neck a bit and the stain in my shorts. After the initial burn they were fine.
It was fun when a newbie would wear one, we'd come up behind him and touch a lighter to the bottom, made for a wild second or so..........Mike

[rexcormack]

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.

Usually the only thing I set on fire is myself!
Damn frayed blue jeans!

[Willie B]

Screw you & the horse you rode in on, I ain't brushing the flame out on me!.
I can injure myself without that.
Sunday, Mrs. B wanted a Chinese bird feeder repaired. It was painted, so I rubbed it around the table to scrub off a morsel of Chinese paint. For extra ground, I put a copper brick inside.
After welding a big washer across the break, I wanted to extract the copper brick. Despite unusual caution, I brushed the hot washer with the back of my hand. 1/3 Square inch of skin remained stuck to it. Wednesday, it hurts! NO I am not doing it on purpose!!!

[scsmith42]

Screw you & the horse you rode in on, I ain't brushing the flame out on me!.
I can injure myself without that.
Sunday, Mrs. B wanted a Chinese bird feeder repaired. It was painted, so I rubbed it around the table to scrub off a morsel of Chinese paint. For extra ground, I put a copper brick inside.
After welding a big washer across the break, I wanted to extract the copper brick. Despite unusual caution, I brushed the hot washer with the back of my hand. 1/3 Square inch of skin remained stuck to it. Wednesday, it hurts! NO I am not doing it on purpose!!!

Bill, just remember that no good deed shall go unpunished…

[Willie B]

Bill, just remember that no good deed shall go unpunished…

You must have stolen that quote from me.

[scsmith42]

You must have stolen that quote from me.

I picked it up from a former boss back in 1975... Maybe he stole it from you (but I don't think that you're old enough!)