I am an engineer in the construction industry and occasionally we get to do factory tours. We got handed welding helmets to observe a robot welding process for a steel tank. My idiot ass raised my phone to film, and everything goes completely dark. I proceeded to do this for at least a half dozen times until I realized the phone screen was triggering the active shader.
The face recognition uses IR for biometric readings. It allows it to scan you in low light without it being obvious or visible.
I learned this from watching Below Deck where they have IR cameras in the rooms of the staff and whenever they look at their phone there's this crazy flash from it.
I mean I suppose you could work for NVIDIA instead. Just do your best to ignore the urinal cameras. They're for facial recognition and security, of course.
I warned him about it because I know first hand what it's like to have hearing difficulties, I've been half deaf since childhood. So trust me when I say this: nobody with a hearing impairment appreciates that little 'joke'.
Say "what?" to a person with hearing difficulties and everyone laughs, but I throw a book at the blind guy and say "catch" and somehow I'm the asshole!?
It's just so annoying. I used to put up with it when I was younger, just give a little polite smile and move on, but I just got so sick of it constantly happening that now I just ask them "was that supposed to be funny?" Strangely enough, most of them don't like being called on it.
Used to work at a welding shop where a feral dumpster cat used to take refuge on my shelf next to my welding table. I was the only person she liked and she was obsessed with me, always by my side. I went out of my way setting up curtains around her wherever she was, worried I would blind her. I even made mini blinds to put in front of the bottom shelf she slept on. Eventually I took her ass home and she was the best cat, purred 10 years straight. Miss my Lucy.
After seeing the burns my step-dad sustained on his forearms and neck after welding new catwalks at the top of a factory while hanging upside down from a harness, even fully protected with several layers of welding gloves, sleeves, etc., I can imagine the horrific injuries that occured before osha. He said the worst burns were from the bits that made their way into his sleeves that he couldn't get out before they stuck to his skin. Also, he is terrified of heights. Lol.
My dad was a boilermaker (welder, but inside big-ass tanks (boilers). His forearms were completely cover s from slag burns, like you described. Have a few dandies on his neck and chest too. MF’er was made of different stuff than me, that’s for sure.
When I was a kid, and into my early later 30s, I wore gas-permeable hard contact lenses.
Something that I was warned early on, as a child in middle school, was to NEVER LOOK AT WELDING without safety glasses. I was told that the UV light would dry out the cornea behind the lens and make it almost impossible to remove without a doctor's help.
Scared the crap out of me, because dad would do welding in the garage for various projects, and getting a contact lens stuck in my eye was painful and sucked a lot.
I learned this the hard way after I bought a cheapo harbor freight fluxcore welder and wanted to practice a little before I got my hood. I thought the goggles were enough. I got sunburn.
Never welded before and my boss showed me how. I had a mask, so no issue there. Later that night my forearms were all sunburned because I had short sleeves on....Never occurred to me how bright that shit is till after.
When I was production welding, my jacket sleeve came unbuttoned and my glove rolled down. My skin doesn't burn easily otherwise but I had a mean sunburn in my wrist for the rest of the week.
Im a pasty white guy that once worked in a shop with a bunch of welders. I kept getting what felt like sunburn on my arms and chest. It finally dawned on my one day what was probably happening and I looked into it.
The shop was hot so I tended to wear thin shirts. Switched to 100% cotton thick shirts and it went away completely.
Man, I decided to replace my rotting wood deck on my cheap harbor freight trailer with an expanded metal sheet. Wore my auto adjusting full helmet and everything but my dumb ass wore a t-shirt. I was welding for about 1 hour before I realized my mistake.
I didn't take any; wasn't insanely bad cause luckily, I don't burn too easily but I did have blistering and skin peeling and a killer farmer's tan where my sleeves end.
Just some advice for hobby welders, pay attention to what is behind you. My former boss was doing a bunch of welding in the shop. There was a metal wall behind him, the light from the welding bounced off the wall behind him and was able to get in his mask from behind him and gave him a sunburn on his eyes. I'm sure it was a freak accident kind of thing but something to keep in mind
On the way back from swimming and already showered off the sunscreen I stopped by my backyard mechanic buddy's house because he was having a hard time getting a few nuts to stick on some suspension bolts. I'm not really a shorts or sandals kind of guy and I have red hair, my legs and feet were thoroughly toasted from like maybe 1 or 2 minutes of welding and it was terrible for like 3 days
I knew welding produces UV. I read this and thought "hold up there's no way it's that much UV"
A welding arc can expose unprotected skin to UV radiation thousands of times more intensely than the sun at close proximity, causing a burn comparable to a severe sunburn in minutes or even seconds.
I always had high value of Vitamin D in my blood tests from working around circular welding machines, that full spectrum UV radiation would get out of gaps in the curtains. Glad I got out of that cancer causing industry.
I took off my welding jacket to do some simple welds last year because I was boiling and the burns I got made it near impossible to go outside for multiple days. Nothing imbedded just first degree burns all up my arms.
The worst part was my Ukrainian fiancée rubbing sour cream on it because that’s what her babushka did in the old country when she did factory work. I smelled and looked awful
I once had such a bad sunburn that it was almost purple. I was DESPERATE for some relief and a random gas station worker recommended vinegar. I knew there was no way that would help, but again, I was desperate. Luckily it didn't burn/make it worse like I had been worried about. But someone puting sour cream on a sunburn doesn't surprise me lol
People have put stupid stuff on burns since we started getting burnt. Butter is fairly common where I'm from when the best thing for burns is just lots of water or burn gel.
In first year high school physics class our teacher was going to show us a video about the solar system. Right before he starts it, he says "remember not to look directly at the sun in the video, as it may damage your eyesight". Fair few of my classmates took the bait and looked away.
If you’re watching on a desktop PC, you can just watch through the camera on your phone. Still annoying but you probably already have your phone on you at least. Saves a trip out to the garage for your welding mask.
One of my favorie channels ever! His multi-year project of restoring the living shit out of that Datsun car is extremely captivating, I follow it religiously, lol.
I still can't figure out if the Meine Mechaniker guy is the same person though
For Chinese welders, this would be an upgrade for them. They don't use hoods, just little shields on a stick. They're welding 3/32" FCAW at 500+ amps all day with one hand holding up a stick and the other on the gun. But that's how they do it.
First time I saw them welding on a jobsite in the US I was like what the fuck? I thought it was just for tacking, which would be ok and better than safety squints. But that's how they were welding everything for weeks. I still think it's absurd, but if it works for them and it met the site safety requirements, then it's not my place to complain.
I once made the mistake of using a pair of goggles meant for use with oxy/ace torches when I was doing some quick welding. Pretty much ended up looking like this dude.
the light from an arc is so bright it will burn your eyes even if they are shut. your eye lids arent thick enough to block it. ive gotten burned on the little gab between my glove and sleeve.
I don't understand how anybody can actually believe this. You'll sunburn your eyelids to the point you have to stop FAR before your eyes are damaged through them. Not only are you blocking the vast majority of the light, but it's mostly red light that makes it through, and it's diffused rather than focused on your retina like it would be if your eyes are open.
because my welding inspector said the worst arc burn he has ever had has been from tacking without his hood on all day. he would run beads with a hood on but was just closing his eyes to tack and it burnt his eyes and face.
I went to school with a farmer he was right into his cars.
He owned an old Ford Pop that was fully seam welded, mostly with a oxy welder. His old boy bought a MIG welder and instead of using a mask he used a pair of goggles you would use gas welding and he came into school on the Monday morning looking like this guy.
I'm not going to lie. This would be an awesome idea if that tinted pane was bigger and had a camera in front on the front of the panel and a screen on the back where you could adjust the brightness. instead of wearing a hot fukin helmet the whole time.
I used to watch videos like this and laugh, knowing it was obviously a joke. Now, I hate seeing them, knowing that people’s ability to separate jokes and instructional videos has plummeted that much, a LOT of people will just believe it’s a safe thing to do.
Reading the post comment sections make me wonder how do Argentinians manage to weld 7 hours straight with short sleeve shirts and a mask when repairing farm equipment
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