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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: pad-weld practice - getting hand back after 2yrs
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:38:27 -0400
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"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.
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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/