Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jim Wilkins" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: pad-weld practice - getting hand back after 2yrs Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:38:27 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:39:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="60e28fe397bf22066ba204e53b5b69b1"; logging-data="610273"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+k4kxf9dTcLdsSLW0lkDWN9BYrMOafXCw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:PwY6mM2xMcuYawNbqV2DZ8zwE5M= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 240622-6, 6/22/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 2740 X-Original-Lines: 2 "Richard Smith" wrote in message news:m1v81zqvpm.fsf@void.com... Hi there For what it's worth - other volunteer paired with not here today, so continued to run-off pad-welds "getting hand back in". Amazed coming back to it. Running nicely enough. Then used chalk and straight-edge to give me line to weld to. That increased the number of variables being controlled... Going to have to get out good commercial-grade autodarkening visor, and fixed shade have "cheater" lens ("reading glasses strength"). So can see weld more clearly than with cheaper autodarkener I restarted with. Good to be back though. Going to insist the "cage" would in reality take the force if it really were suspended from the master-link of the 4-chain bridle-set arrangement, even though in reality with sit on a beam (the shaft is flooded from a few metres down - was pumped "for free" by neighbouring mine when they were naughty going beyond their sett and broke into this mine - firmly told by judge that brought this on themselves - pumped until that mine closed). Make sure that if some circumstance did change, thing (the cage) will do what it looks like it should do. Overall - happy days... Best wishes, Rich S. -------------------------------------------- The chain I buy here is sized metric though sold as the nearest inch. This gives the working load in pounds, the ultimate strength is 4x except 3x for G43. https://www.myteeproducts.com/blog/chain-grades-chart/