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08-28-2008, 10:50 PM
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 I was burnt by scale, have you ever been
Has any one else ever been burned by flying scale. Today I was doing a hot cut with a hot cut hammer and and my anvil is on the ground so i had to stand over it and a peiece of scale fly up and hit bellow my lip and burned the xxxx out of me second degree burns. I always wear my safty glass but i was wondering if any one else has been burned by scale.
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08-28-2008, 11:01 PM
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Oh yeah, I have three scars from it on my tong hand. One is like a pit in my hand. Oh well, I'm used to it.  |
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08-28-2008, 11:04 PM
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what is a scale? is it like the sparks when u hit the metal? or is it a small chunk of the hot metal?
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08-28-2008, 11:04 PM
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Burned? From Scale? While Forging? Never.  Wait until you get a nice piece down into your shoe, while not wearing socks. I'm not a dancer, but was that time! 
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08-28-2008, 11:13 PM
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I was just going to be at the forge for a minute so I was wearing a pair of topsiders with no socks. I still have a scar on the top of my foot. I nearly broke my leg getting my foot in the slack tub. Steve
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08-28-2008, 11:16 PM
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Dancing can be quite entertaining at your expense. Scale is the little pieces of metal that flake off while forging. Oh up your t-shirt into your arm-pit, that one hurt a lot and was quite the dance... if that's what you wanna call it. WEAR GLASSES.
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08-28-2008, 11:20 PM
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Always tighten your belt while forging too. Don't ask how I know! Finnr
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08-28-2008, 11:28 PM
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Burns?.....In some of the most private of places.
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08-28-2008, 11:36 PM
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When I first started doing this unique thing with hot metal I would on occasion leave it a bit to long in the fire. Well one night I was a little PO'ed for having pulled out a sparkler if you know what I mean. There were four of us standing around the anvil when I hit it a good hard blow. We all had burned holes in our jeans,shirt tails, shorts and hide. Last time I did that! |
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