welding cloths, when it is hot out Options

[obscurity]

I was just curious what people are welding in during the summer months. I am in Atlanta so it has been 95deg +/- in my garage which makes wearing long sleeves and long pants unbearable. Is everyone else just toughing it out or do you all have air conditioned garages? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[rick 918-S]

I had a co-worker when I worked at the ship yard that was sent into a duct to add some missed welds as part of a punch list. All the the ventilation equipment was pulled off the ship already. He pulled a 1" diameter air line into the duct with him to help clear the welding smoke so he could see what he was welding.

He crawled in about 15' pulling his welding gear, a drop light and this 1" air hose. Now normally these air lines are used to run big grinders. The grinders weigh about 30lbs. and use a huge volume of air. In the winter the fitters unscrew the grinders and shoot alcohol into the tool to keep it from freezing up. The best we could figure is that someone added alcohol to the hose at the manifold instead of at the tool.

The guy cracked the air line and the air blew up into his cloths. He struck an arch and instantly burst into flames.

He had to crawl out of the duct on fire. An electrician was still on the ship pulling construction lights and ran down the deck and put him out. We had a saftety meeting the next day. They brought what was left of his cloths into the break room in a hat box. Very sobering experience. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)