The other thing I've noticed in the last year or two is that some drug
I'm taking (for diabetes or congestive heart disease) increases my
sensitivity to sunlight.
If I even mow the lawn without a long sleeved shirt, my arms become
itchy and sunburned. I can only imagine how much more sensitive to UV
my eyes might be with these drugs in my system.
M D "Doc" Nugent
Renton, WA
--- "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall@blacksburg.net> wrote:
> At 10:50 4/19/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>
> I didn't catch the initial post to this thread, but folks wrote:
>
> > > But I do close my eyes when
> > > >I weld without a hood. Just because I've never had a flash burn
> doesn't
> > > >make it a Myth.
> > > >
> > > >You can't use your good judgement if you are unaware of the
> danger.
> > >
> > > Flash burn definitely isn't the only danger here.............I
> was welding
> > > without a hood just this past Saturday. Closed my eyes and
> turned away
> > > after positioning the torch.
> > >
> > > Since Sunday I've had the worst sunburn of my life....
>
>
> When I was a kid (an ice age ago) I was a night security guard at a
> construction site where they had all manner of electric welding
> equipment. One night I decided to teach myself to weld. Couldn't
> find a
> hood (all the accessories were locked away, but the welders (gas
> powered)
> were only secured with 3/8" link chain). Anyway, I figured I'd just
> look
> away from the arc. Had loads of fun for a couple of hours, welded
> all
> manner of scrap and managed to not catch anything on fire. Went home
>
> uneventfully and woke up about 3AM with my eyes on **fire**! It felt
> like
> someone had thrown hot sand in both of 'em - couldn't even move them
> for
> terrible pain (OK, I was a wimp). Needless to say I was scared
> spitless. I was taken to an eye doctor who said I had the worst case
> of
> retinal sunburn he had ever seen - I'd be lucky if I didn't had some
> permanent damage.
>
> I recently bought a MIG welder. The second purchase was an
> auto-dimming
> hood. I won't "leave home without it". The moral to this epoch is
> NEVER
> weld without the best eye protection you can get. No eye protection
> is
> like playing Russian Roulette with an automatic.
> </sermon>
>
> Jim
>
>
> --
> Jim
> jhassall@blacksburg.net
> Blacksburg VA
> '63 TR4 in autox preparation, 90% finished, 90% to go
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