PAY ATTENTION TO SMALL SHIT

alright i havent had anything to say for a bit. lets face it im a busy guy. between being a stupid grunt welder, and practicing to be a raging alcoholic, i havent got a lot of free time.

there are no pictures for this horrendous travesty that i have commited. the other day i accomplished what my father has been telling me would happen since i started learning to weld. i am happy to say i have finally welded some part of myself to the table.

lets back up a bit. i was working with .045'' stainless steel welding wire, type 409. for those of you that dont know much about welding, .045 welding wire is relatively heavy wire, there's heavier stuff out there, but it isnt used in manual processes very often. the other important thing to know about 409 welding wire is that it ends in a sharp tip when the welding stops.

so then, i've almost finished tacking a piece together, and take off my gloves to check dimensions. i notice that i have missed a tack and pick up the stinger and lay in that last tack. i was not paying a lot of attention, and put the gun down with the end of the stinger jamming the hot end of wire into the web of flesh between my thumb and my finger. the hot wire burned me, causing a wonderfull thing to happen, i jerked my hands and squeezed the trigger on the stinger.

now comes the fun part. the wire ran into my hand while at the same time the sweat on my palm grounded my hand out on the work table. now the wire's EVEN HOTTER. i had such a swell time cutting the wire and then drawing it out with a pair of pliers. at least there was no blood, the wire cauterized everything....

if your know enough about welding to understand everything i said, you probably already know someone who did this, or have done it yourself.