Long blades require long sleeves....

Bruce Culberson

Bruce Culberson

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I was working on a 17 1/2" chopper a couple days ago. Not surprising it warped out of the quench.....so while the blade was still hot I was working at staightening it with my welding gloves on (and a T-shirt)...between straightening and flipping the blade over and end-to-end to make sure the spine was staight, the edge is straight it slipped from my glove and tagged me on the forearm:

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Well I finished the tweeking before runnign inside to run cold water over the burn.

Here is a pic of the finished chopper:

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And remember - wear a long sleeve heat resistant clothing (like wool) when working with hot steel:thumbup:

Bruce
 
Nice chopper. Sorry about the burn... you'll get more. It happens. Pretty soon you won't even notice.
-M
 
Ouch! I got a pair of leather vambraces made to protect the lower part of my forearms. Burns are no fun.
Nice "machette"!
 
Michael Rader said:
Nice chopper. Sorry about the burn... you'll get more. It happens. Pretty soon you won't even notice.
-M
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when does that happen again???

I still jump around a bit when I manage to trap welding flux between my hand and the hammer haft.

forearm burns however don't even merit a change in tempo
 
I know, I know, Stephan, you have arms made of wrought iron and lungs made of leather. Don't you change tempo now while we cry a we bit here out of jealousy :-)

BTW, Bruce. What steel are you using here?
-M
 
stephanfowler said:
I still jump around a bit when I manage to trap welding flux between my hand and the hammer haft.
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You DO finish the welding pass and put the billet back in the forge before all of that jumping don't you? I know I do. ;)

Keep that burn moist while it's healing...You'll thank yourself that you did.

-d
 
I was always jealous of my wife's medical scrubs(seemed so much cooler than jeans). I was required to wear cotton for flash hazard(electrical). I always wore long sleeve tees(100 percent cotton) and they let you know just before you got scalded.
 
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