Acetylene torch in one hand, filler rod in the other. I finished running a bead, set my filler rod down, the tip still glowing red hot. I turned the torch off, and then, eyes on the bead I had just run, inspecting it, I reached for my pliers to pick it up. I had set the filler rod very close to the pliers, close enough that my thumb touched it.
I didn’t feel it; I heard and smelled it. Made my way over to the sink to run it under some cold water. It didn’t bubble or blister, I just had a 2 or 3 mm deep ashen white grill mark across my thumb. The wildest part is it healed perfectly, not even a hint of a scar.
Nothing like the sizzle before you feel it, or the crunch when the razor bites hard.
“Oh. That’s going to hurt in just a few seconds.”
Or when you see the damage before feeling it. Broke a glass washing the other day, skin popped open, “That is going to bleed, a lot.” LOL, couldn’t hardly get that one under control, slung blood everywhere.
remembers welding class, laughs out loud
Acetylene torch in one hand, filler rod in the other. I finished running a bead, set my filler rod down, the tip still glowing red hot. I turned the torch off, and then, eyes on the bead I had just run, inspecting it, I reached for my pliers to pick it up. I had set the filler rod very close to the pliers, close enough that my thumb touched it.
I didn’t feel it; I heard and smelled it. Made my way over to the sink to run it under some cold water. It didn’t bubble or blister, I just had a 2 or 3 mm deep ashen white grill mark across my thumb. The wildest part is it healed perfectly, not even a hint of a scar.
Nothing like the sizzle before you feel it, or the crunch when the razor bites hard.
“Oh. That’s going to hurt in just a few seconds.”
Or when you see the damage before feeling it. Broke a glass washing the other day, skin popped open, “That is going to bleed, a lot.” LOL, couldn’t hardly get that one under control, slung blood everywhere.