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How many have set themselfs on FIRE !

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by ChefMike, Mar 14, 2012.

  1. ChefMike
    Joined: Dec 16, 2011
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    Working on my truck have my angle grinder out and I'm cutting some steel sparks are flying have on my coveralls and there old with some threads hanging off ...well at first I thought I was smelling someone BBQ only to look down and just left of my boys<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice" /><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" id=_x0000_i1025 alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif" o:href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> was a good size flame which I put out and continued on! I mean wouldn’t we all well the wife didn’t find it as funny as I did <v:shape style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" id=_x0000_i1026 alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image002.gif" o:href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> when she seen the big burnt hole... After a little bit she did laugh and said I was a hand full! So anyone else have a story?<o:p></o:p>
     
  2. deto
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    i lit myself on fire the first day of welding school. no joke.
     
  3. Mr48chev
    Joined: Dec 28, 2007
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    Lets just say frayed coverall cuffs and cutting torches can cause some extra excitement and leave it at that. Sure that I have the bottom third of a 55 gal plastic barrel for a dog water dish though.
     
  4. ChefMike
    Joined: Dec 16, 2011
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    Nice cant wait to show my wife Im far cry from the only one !
     

  5. junk yard kid
    Joined: Nov 11, 2007
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    I did in the last thread on the same subject.
     
  6. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
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    I doubt there is anyone at all on the HAMB who hasn't set himself on fire. Just a natural part of the old car environment...
     
  7. 2935ford
    Joined: Jan 6, 2006
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    Does leaning over a new battery adjusting the carb while your buddy turns the engine over and the battery explodes in your face count?
     
  8. 53sled
    Joined: Jul 5, 2005
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    from KCMO

    There are plenty of check book hotrodders. I myself, have been on fire plenty.
     
  9. 64ONEOFF
    Joined: Nov 30, 2011
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    from Md.

    Flannel and sweat shirts catch fire real quick when grinding..:)
     
  10. Yes i'm sure we all have. When I do it usually goes like this, thinking to my self "Whats burning?" look down think calmly to self "oh I'm on fire" then it clicks and out loud"OH SHIT IM ON FIRE" then pad myself out and keep working. Hell last weekend I did it twice in 5 minutes. I guess I should have let my coat cool off longer. It reignited rather quickly
     
  11. ChefMike
    Joined: Dec 16, 2011
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    Dude that sucks dont tell my wife that can happen
     
  12. tjet
    Joined: Mar 16, 2009
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    1. Early Hemi Tech

    When building a demolition derby car, make sure you weld the door shut after you are done welding in the roll bar.

    Makes it a lot easier to get out after the bench seat catches on fire
     
  13. Yep. What Bruce said.
     
  14. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
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    ...plus there is flameless cookery! You pick up that part that was glowing red 30 seconds ago...you discover that the spots you are seeing are actually grinder slag permanently embedded in your brand new glasses...you realize that the smell of burning bacon is actually your hand that is holding the chisel you are sharpening on the grinding wheel...
     
  15. 40StudeDude
    Joined: Sep 19, 2002
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    A 4" grinder can also alight frayed places in the middle of a sweatshirt...from a small hole to a dandy large hole...thot I could smell something burning...!!!

    R-
     
  16. 48ford
    Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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    How do you think I got my cutoff shorts?
    Russ
     
  17. williebill
    Joined: Mar 1, 2004
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    Often
    Regularly

    It would take less time to tell you about the times I didn't set myself on fire.
     
  18. chigger
    Joined: Jan 30, 2009
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    just catch your pants on fire in the crotch and smack yourself putting it out.... you'll only do that on once!!!!
     
  19. Harris
    Joined: Feb 15, 2007
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    Set my shirt on fire while grinding, Without my knowledge, neither saw and called fire dept. - guys show up and die Laughing wondering if I'm gonna show up to relieve them in the morning.
     
  20. Rusty O'Toole
    Joined: Sep 17, 2006
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    If you haven't set yourself on fire you aren't a hot rodder.

    Eventually you learn to wear leather boots and cotton clothes. Plastic and polyester goes up like gasoline.

    And if you are doing heavy duty grinding and welding wear proper safety gear.

    Incidentally cotton overalls can be fireproofed by dipping in borax solution and letting dry. Not exactly Kevlar but better than nothing.
     
  21. 49ratfink
    Joined: Feb 8, 2004
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    from California

    lit my crotch up pretty good one time grinding one thing or another... luckily I had on a nice pair of Carhart overalls on and didn't burn my junk. Carharts over jeans... if it was just my jeans things would have been very different.

    another time I was cutting up some 53 Chevy remains with a torch and my neighbor came over and started talking to me. I thought I turned off the gas but there was a little flame coming out still and I lit my pants up around my knee. not too bad though.

    why a person would come up and start talking to a guy working with a cutting torch is beyond me. he was a boat mechanic and was around tools and stuff all the time.. should have known better.
     
  22. Brog
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    The other day I was overhead welding with what I thought was my "tough" dickies jacket then in the corner of my helmet I see an orange light reflecting, when I get done with my bead I see that the cloth hood that was attached to it was on fire!
     
  23. Had my shirt burned clear off of me in the '70s. 45% 2nd and 3rd degree, they said I would not see the sun come up. Fooled 'em.

    Have set my clothing on fire more than once either welding or grinding.

    Set my hair on fire a couple of weeks ago. See:
    http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=673544

    Pretty damned funny actually.
     
  24. EnragedHawk
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    from Waco, TX

    Does that come with some kind of guarantee? Because I want my money back...
     
  25. mixedupamx
    Joined: Dec 2, 2006
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    not recently but in high school welding class in @ 1977 with frayed jean cuffs (ya I was stylin!) burned about 2" off the bottom. just like you I thought there was a BBQ going on till I lifted my helmet and looked for the source:eek:!!!!!teacher saw me hopping around trying to put them out and everyone had a good laugh.
     
  26. billsill45
    Joined: Jul 15, 2009
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    from SoCal

    Several times ... while cutting down a pair of coil springs with a cutoff wheel, I learned to pay attention to the direction the sparks are flowing. Cost a pair of near-new jeans but no trip to the emergency room.

    Years ago, while surviving Minnesota winters, I learned the wisdom of not leaning over the engine when using starting fluid (ether) when your buddy hits the starter. It takes about 6+ weeks for eyebrows and lashes to grow back.
     
  27. Gator
    Joined: Dec 29, 2005
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    More than once...
     
  28. RoadkillCustoms
    Joined: Jul 10, 2008
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    from Mesa, AZ

    Welding slag deposited in my t-shirt pocket - I was leaning so the pocket was hanging away from me. I didn't feel the heat, and really didn't notice until the smoke near blinded me. Of course I was on a ladder and was all gymnastically positioned so I couldn't make any sudden moves - yet I was able to get the damn shirt off before anything more than minor burns...
     
  29. Stroker McGurk
    Joined: Feb 17, 2012
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    Stroker McGurk
    Member
    from Canada

    Gloves mostly, a few holes in sweaters.........The worst is, getting the welding slag in the boot....Funny how you can manage to move your foot away from it in those tight boots
     

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