What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
02-07-2007, 02:04 PM
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Re: What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
I have seen too many injuries due to gloves. When operating any that moves in a circle do NOT use gloves!!! What happens is the moving part grabs the glove and sucks it in to the machine. Drill presses are great for this, mills will not stop until something breaks off.
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02-10-2007, 02:27 PM
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Re: What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
Originally Posted by iceracercrx
I have seen too many injuries due to gloves. When operating any that moves in a circle do NOT use gloves!!! What happens is the moving part grabs the glove and sucks it in to the machine. Drill presses are great for this, mills will not stop until something breaks off.
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02-16-2007, 03:45 AM
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Re: What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because ...WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis ***** and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of us . . . CONGRATULATIONS!
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because ...WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis ***** and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who
didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of us . . . CONGRATULATIONS!
02-16-2007, 10:41 PM
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Re: What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
At age 11-12, I walked into a Safeway in Baker City (called Baker back then) with a 6 shot revolver strapped to my hip, fully exposed.....
So did my dad....
We got our lunch and paid for it. No police involved.
Normal life. And this was in 1979...
---- has changed.
So did my dad....
We got our lunch and paid for it. No police involved.
Normal life. And this was in 1979...
---- has changed.
02-17-2007, 12:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: What 8 year old doesnt like to weld?
i remember flipping my gokart somany times and jumping between trees in my yard as a 3rd grader. Man, fun times 
I think cellphones have taken personal responsibility of kids (and adults) to a new low.
I got scars and broke bones. I remember each one with a smile now
I think cellphones have taken personal responsibility of kids (and adults) to a new low.
I got scars and broke bones. I remember each one with a smile now
