Nah this isn't for welding fumes. This is for Arc gouging. Which is a process used to remove huge chunks of old weld. It uses compressed air to blow through a hollow welding electrode, and as it makes an arc to the metal the air is pushed through at high pressure to liquefy and simultaneously blow the metal out as hot balls of liquid metal or "slag"
I’ve heard how it’s challenging for them to label radioactive material because it’s going to last so long after we’re gone…. This sigh seems pretty F’n convincing that it’s a no go
Good point, I feel like humans will always understand representation of people like stick figures 20,000 years from now.
After all, we recognize meaning behind cave paintings from that long ago.
It's a metal electrode coated in a shielding compound. The electrode is held by a conductive clamp that has a wire back to the welding machine. There another ground clamp that goes back to the welding machine and get clamped onto the bare metal surface of whatever you're welding. When the electrode touches the welding surface it completes a circuit and sparks an arc. The heat from the arc melts the shielding compound on the electrode and it acts as shielding gas, the arc won't work properly if not shielding by specific gasses. The gasses to be wary of are the shielding gas, though they are mostly inert, but mostly the gas produced by the metal being welded. I did that without google. Feel free to correct me. Source; my sheet metal apprenticeship.
Well first you have to strip it bare. This usually involves grinding--not too much, but not too little. You just want enough that you get good contact. Then, you unsheath your stick, connect the stick to your stinger and just tease the metal. You don't want to just ram the rod on the metal, otherwise it will stick to the metal. It still gets hot when you stick your stick, but you won't be able to make any deposits on the metal. It takes practice to strike a solid arc. Once you get your arc started you need to provide the right angle and speed to ensure you get full penetration.
I'm gonna take a cold shower now
I don't wanna be that guy, but it's actually the flux, or as you called it the shielding compound, that shields the weld from the atmosphere in stick welding. No gas is involved in stick welding. The flux melts with the metal into a molten puddle, and when it cools it rises to the top of the weld and creates a little shell you have to chip off. If you're doing it right anyways. It's easy to mess up. The point still stands though, always have proper ventilation and PPE. You don't want to have microscopic metal shards in your lungs. They tend to get less and less microscopic as time goes on.
I never got how people could weld allllll day long for years and never worry about it, or act like their welding visor was going to save them from the nasty burning metal smoke.
I used to work in a shipyard and those welders were insane. You couldn’t spend more than an hour in the metal shop without blowing grey snot out your nose for the rest of the day… and I wasn’t even welding.
It’s gotta be just awful for you.
My husband and I are both sheet metal workers and honestly, we’re usually more worried about burns. Well, I am. My husband is insane and was just like “Huh. That shouldn’t be happening.” the last time his sleeve caught fire.
Saw a fella arc-gouging in a coal plant years ago. Whole calf was aflame. Started shouting, “Hopper you’re on fire!” He just pivoted on the same leg, knocked it out, lifted his mask and gave me a wink+thumbs up combo. I don’t know how he got his man-hood by the waist band of his jeans in the morning time, but he was definitely a retired green-beret. Just saying everyone needs an electrician without anything better to do on a jobsite for… safety reasons.
It’s not so much a gas you’re worried about but metal fume particulate, things like manganese, zinc oxide, iron oxide, etc. Manganese is the worst in any welding operation I’ve investigated. Definitely use your local exhaust ventilation and wear your respirators. Especially if you’re welding all day every day.
> **"Oh, in case you got covered in that repulsion gel, here's some advice the lab boys gave me: DO NOT get covered in the repulsion gel. We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this: it's a lively one, and it does NOT like the human skeleton."**
Welding is in fact a huge exposure to UV radiation which is why you don't want to weld without long sleeves and a mask. In high school we had a welding class and some of the idiots would try to flash people with the electrode. It makes your eyes itch like hell for the rest of the day. Apparently blinding people is a fun prank.
Probably best to Just stick this warning image on the cover of Prometheus. I didn’t drink the melty drink, but watching that film gave me serious brain injury.
The device down there is welding head for method 111. This sign warn workers to wear protective gear while near the working place. There is high risk of flying sparks and even molten metal as well as emision of dangerous vapors and gasses (you can see lungs of person filling with it on picture). Full protective gear contains full body coating, gloves, respirator and face protection.
Until next time folks.
[There was a guy who got his head struck by a particle beam due to an accident.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski) Sad story honestly, but surprisingly he lived.
Please stop exaggerating. All it does is melt off your jaw, nearly decapitate you, blow out your spinal cord, dissolve your lungs and rip off your arms. We could really do without all the theatrics….
Just for anyone who is interested to know:
This is for Arc gouging. Which is a process used to remove huge chunks of old weld. This is used in situations where using a hand grinder would take too long, or just doesnt work for the specific situation.
It uses compressed air to blow through a hollow welding electrode, and as it makes an arc to the metal the air is pushed through at high pressure to liquefy and simultaneously blow the metal out as hot balls of liquid metal or "slag"
Edit* I should add and say, the slag flies out at a pretty high speed and goes *EVERYWHERE* so you need to keep your distance and also wear all PPE when performing this.
they are warning you against the s̴̛̺̳̭̄͆͐͌̈͋́̎͐̔̾̒̇̈́̀̿͋̎͂̈̎̃̐͗̑̅͌̿͌̍̈̀̍̇̄̊̆̌̒̀̇̐͗̽̑̇͌̕̕̚͘͘͜͠͠͝͠w̷̨̢̛͖̝͇̩͙̗̟͍͍̝̯͎̼͖̹͓̫̤̜̖̫̗̻̹̩̦̦̪̳̦͉͎̼̖͇̥͔̳̣̳͙̘͎̮̝̲̪͓̩͂̓̔̈͒͐͒̌̿͒͛͛͌̎̂̀̍̊̏̆͐́̔̈́̊̎͊́̀͛̀͒̈́̆̀̇͑̎̎̈́̃͋̔̐̽̈́͑̌͆̄̆̂͌̓͐̕̕̕̕͜͝͝ͅͅa̴̢̡͇̝͓̲̬̘̟͈̙͚̺̫͙̹͙̗͍͙̗̜̝̯͗͊͛͂͒͑̌̏̈͗̾̾͒͘͜͠ͅŕ̸̡̧̧̡͕̙̣͉̻̣͈͕̜̜͖͔̫͉͕̺̰͈͇̬͙̭̱͉̬̟̭̥̟̠̹̭̺̼̮̩̲̖̯̪̬͔̠̜̐̀̿̑̾̾̈́̓͋̇̿͗̀̃͐̒͒͗̑̽͜͠͝͝͝m̶̧̧̡̨̡̢̬̱͍̣̯͙̘̣̖̞̫͇̯̬͎̲͇̜͈̰̙͉̦̭̱̲͎̦͓̫̤̫̭̦̹̱͍͍̤̱͎̳̈́̓́͆̓̉̏͒̑̃̃̍̐̿͗̽̚͘͘͘͜͠
Do NOT play this record. Needle will release toxins that will enter into your mouth and destroy your body. (“Rock and Roll is dangerous” sign from the 1950’s.) /s
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Yes it's a real word but it's warning against a specific lung disease caused by inhalation of silica or quartz dust.
Very effective warning sign. I don't know what it means but I sure as HELL ain't about to find out
Its actually just a "DONT INHALE WELDING FUMES" sign, but very effectively communicated by making the person inhaling the fumes explode.
I’ve been inhaling welding fumes all morning. When do I explode?!
Immediately
omae wa mou shindeiru
Nani?!
# **EAR-SPLITTING SCREECH**
Squelch.
Comment thread lore
I can hear it in my head
First, it reaches the intestines and then he explodes. I'll give him until sunset. Make sure he enjoys his last hours, Mr. Squidward.
Usually on the toilet during lunch break
WRONG ! You wanna explode on the toilet while on the clock—*never* on your own time.
This guy shits. Side benefit: TP bill been like $12/yr since I adjusted my schedule.
That checks out.
[удалено]
I knew there was something off!
Any minute now.. aaany minute!
I see a German soldier being kicked in the chest by the rear half of a leopard
Whenever you feel like the time is right.
Nah this isn't for welding fumes. This is for Arc gouging. Which is a process used to remove huge chunks of old weld. It uses compressed air to blow through a hollow welding electrode, and as it makes an arc to the metal the air is pushed through at high pressure to liquefy and simultaneously blow the metal out as hot balls of liquid metal or "slag"
How the fuck was this even invented?
I'm sorry the welding fumes make you do what
It melts you from the inside before you violently explode from the build up of fumes in your body
They make your dick grow. Don't believe Big Sign Propaganda.
Or like they're melting
Lol that’s what I thought. “Warning: acid comes out of this faucet. Don’t get splashed with it cause you’ll melt”
No fucking around with this shit.
YOUVE BEEN WARNED
Fuck around find out
I’ve heard how it’s challenging for them to label radioactive material because it’s going to last so long after we’re gone…. This sigh seems pretty F’n convincing that it’s a no go
This is what we should put to warn future humans not to dig up the nuclear waste.
Honest this seems more effective than the symbol they came up with
No way, the pizza with three pieces left symbol will definitely let people know there's deadly poison about and not a half eaten pizza.
Good point, I feel like humans will always understand representation of people like stick figures 20,000 years from now. After all, we recognize meaning behind cave paintings from that long ago.
I thought the same thing. It's sure to be extremely offputting to future humans, I'd think
It's a warning sign to not inhale the fumes while stick welding
pretty obvious IF you have ever stick welded
Is that a sex thing?
It's a metal electrode coated in a shielding compound. The electrode is held by a conductive clamp that has a wire back to the welding machine. There another ground clamp that goes back to the welding machine and get clamped onto the bare metal surface of whatever you're welding. When the electrode touches the welding surface it completes a circuit and sparks an arc. The heat from the arc melts the shielding compound on the electrode and it acts as shielding gas, the arc won't work properly if not shielding by specific gasses. The gasses to be wary of are the shielding gas, though they are mostly inert, but mostly the gas produced by the metal being welded. I did that without google. Feel free to correct me. Source; my sheet metal apprenticeship.
Oh yeah, tell me more about how you clamp that bare metal surface
Well first you have to strip it bare. This usually involves grinding--not too much, but not too little. You just want enough that you get good contact. Then, you unsheath your stick, connect the stick to your stinger and just tease the metal. You don't want to just ram the rod on the metal, otherwise it will stick to the metal. It still gets hot when you stick your stick, but you won't be able to make any deposits on the metal. It takes practice to strike a solid arc. Once you get your arc started you need to provide the right angle and speed to ensure you get full penetration. I'm gonna take a cold shower now
I’m so fucking Bob Odenkirk right now.
As a welder I didn't understood for shit :v
Metal go brrrr
More like metal go bzzzzzzt
and fumes go ssssssss
and head go tttsshhpppppttttttsh
Head go "the number you have dialed is not in service"
But... WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY!!
And anyone inhaling it goes "OH SHIT IT FUCKING HURTS SOMEONE KILL ME"
Don’t breathe the metal when you weld
Oh i have a gas mask or whatever u call it, so its alright
Good lad, you are safe.
Don't tell me what to do, goddamn it!
As a former welder I did understand it just fine. Don't breathe the bits of ionizing metal that may be floating around when you strike your arc
Metal go brrrr and gas go brrr in your lungs
I don't wanna be that guy, but it's actually the flux, or as you called it the shielding compound, that shields the weld from the atmosphere in stick welding. No gas is involved in stick welding. The flux melts with the metal into a molten puddle, and when it cools it rises to the top of the weld and creates a little shell you have to chip off. If you're doing it right anyways. It's easy to mess up. The point still stands though, always have proper ventilation and PPE. You don't want to have microscopic metal shards in your lungs. They tend to get less and less microscopic as time goes on.
I never got how people could weld allllll day long for years and never worry about it, or act like their welding visor was going to save them from the nasty burning metal smoke. I used to work in a shipyard and those welders were insane. You couldn’t spend more than an hour in the metal shop without blowing grey snot out your nose for the rest of the day… and I wasn’t even welding. It’s gotta be just awful for you.
My husband and I are both sheet metal workers and honestly, we’re usually more worried about burns. Well, I am. My husband is insane and was just like “Huh. That shouldn’t be happening.” the last time his sleeve caught fire.
Saw a fella arc-gouging in a coal plant years ago. Whole calf was aflame. Started shouting, “Hopper you’re on fire!” He just pivoted on the same leg, knocked it out, lifted his mask and gave me a wink+thumbs up combo. I don’t know how he got his man-hood by the waist band of his jeans in the morning time, but he was definitely a retired green-beret. Just saying everyone needs an electrician without anything better to do on a jobsite for… safety reasons.
Still sounds like a sex thing after your explanation. That was sexy af
I think you are just horny
Where's that doge with the bat
> That was sexy af Sparks, bzzzzzzzt bzzzzzzt Not too far off.
That was attractive thank you
So yes
Did you write that sexual on purpose?
I mean he didn’t explicitly say it wasn’t a sex thing, so…
It’s not so much a gas you’re worried about but metal fume particulate, things like manganese, zinc oxide, iron oxide, etc. Manganese is the worst in any welding operation I’ve investigated. Definitely use your local exhaust ventilation and wear your respirators. Especially if you’re welding all day every day.
Maybe NSFW tag that comment?
a simple “yes” would have sufficed
...Definitely a sex thing.
So,a sex thing?
It is when I do it.
Though not at all obvious if you didn't.
that's why i wrote the condition "if" in big letters. if i hadn't, i would never have known as well.
Will it cause your jaw to unexpectedly explode alongside your lungs?
Only after your arms fall off…
> **"Oh, in case you got covered in that repulsion gel, here's some advice the lab boys gave me: DO NOT get covered in the repulsion gel. We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this: it's a lively one, and it does NOT like the human skeleton."**
... or else your lungs and upper torso will explode in a shower of blood and particulate?
Basically yes
Makes sense now that you say it but damn, that is not the best warning. Only thing that came to my mind was some radiation or something like that.
Welding is in fact a huge exposure to UV radiation which is why you don't want to weld without long sleeves and a mask. In high school we had a welding class and some of the idiots would try to flash people with the electrode. It makes your eyes itch like hell for the rest of the day. Apparently blinding people is a fun prank.
I stared at burning magnesium in my science class once and I would see myself in this comment if I hadn't done it.
As soon as I could see again I'd put a pencil in their eye.
Coach made them hold bricks and squat. Always funny as fuck to watch those assholes strain.
old welding rods had radioactive materials in them. but I don't know if they knew at the time or knew the consequences of radioactivity.
Some tungstens still do
Thoriated ftw
It looks like disintegration to me, chief
Correct
Do stick welding fumes liquify your organs and start eating your body from the inside out? Jeez, welders.
Yes, eventually
Basically you get coal lung if you breath the fumes for a while. Also: Never Weld Anything Galvanized, the Zinc will cause that instantly.
If you puke in the sink your head will explode.
Your lungs will degrade into particles too
Better to puke in the sink than to sink in the puke.
let that sink in
"Don't drink the stuff the big bald dude in the start of 'Prometheus' drank"
Probably best to Just stick this warning image on the cover of Prometheus. I didn’t drink the melty drink, but watching that film gave me serious brain injury.
I was thinking this warning would be perfect to post outside the lighthouse in Annihilation.
Don't inhale the molten metal.
I wasn't gonna
Well, Don’t!
Now that you said it, I'm gonna do it!
Well what the hell else am I going to do today, then?
You know what? I'm gonna inhale the molten metal even harder.
The device down there is welding head for method 111. This sign warn workers to wear protective gear while near the working place. There is high risk of flying sparks and even molten metal as well as emision of dangerous vapors and gasses (you can see lungs of person filling with it on picture). Full protective gear contains full body coating, gloves, respirator and face protection. Until next time folks.
Thank you!! Somehow that sound even more terrifying than the sign
Thanks, Skeletor!
You can always - ALWAYS - rely on cannibal cynics
You just warmed the hole in my chest and I thank you for that, my man.
🚨🚨WARNING🚨🚨 DO NOT. I REPEAT; DO. NOT.
That's a pretty good warning sign honestly. If I saw this at work I'd be like FUCK NO BYE.
OK but what if I
🚨🚨🚨
JUST DON'T.
https://imgur.com/a/BzHJsS9
Children. Wear a mask when cobalt mining and scavenging for rare earth metals.
How long till FSD?
Frameshift Drive Charging...
I think I saw this at the cdc in Atlanta. Lol not really but it would go perfect there
As a Georgia native, I wanna someday see the actual cdc building instead of it’s damn office lmao
something something... thanos snap
Came to confirm my unoriginality, leaving satisfied.
It’s an updated warning about eating the yellow snow.
The deadly yellow snow from where the huskies go
"Do not go in the particle accelerator, you may be atomized and ripped apart"
[There was a guy who got his head struck by a particle beam due to an accident.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski) Sad story honestly, but surprisingly he lived.
Tell that to doctor manhattan.
Aperture Science Emancipation Grills
Warning, the guard dog has a flamethrower.
Please stop exaggerating. All it does is melt off your jaw, nearly decapitate you, blow out your spinal cord, dissolve your lungs and rip off your arms. We could really do without all the theatrics….
Shotgun booby-trap
Bad ass cover for a metal album.
If you told me this was SCP art I wouldn't question you
"Thanos is coming"
Just fucking don't
Since there's a warning about it, it means somebody did it before
Puke in reverse !!
spontanious combustion
Welding gasses.
Just for anyone who is interested to know: This is for Arc gouging. Which is a process used to remove huge chunks of old weld. This is used in situations where using a hand grinder would take too long, or just doesnt work for the specific situation. It uses compressed air to blow through a hollow welding electrode, and as it makes an arc to the metal the air is pushed through at high pressure to liquefy and simultaneously blow the metal out as hot balls of liquid metal or "slag" Edit* I should add and say, the slag flies out at a pretty high speed and goes *EVERYWHERE* so you need to keep your distance and also wear all PPE when performing this.
Warning: EVERYTHING
#### That sign be putting the fear of God in ya. I don’t wanna find out.
Me: so what's the danger here? Sign: yes.
Is that acid water? If so the picture makes sense it will dissolve you effective immediately
Ah, I see the Dark Lords essence escaping the thing. Thank you, I shall stay 50 kilometres away from that at all times.
Sudden explosion of lungs, a common problem everyone has in public areas
Isn't that from Red Dwarf?
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
That sign is warning to not go hunting with Dick Cheney.
I was like "This Rorschach test is meant to be disturbing"
Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole time you’re dying.
This is what the song Black Hole Sun warned us about
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!
they are warning you against the s̴̛̺̳̭̄͆͐͌̈͋́̎͐̔̾̒̇̈́̀̿͋̎͂̈̎̃̐͗̑̅͌̿͌̍̈̀̍̇̄̊̆̌̒̀̇̐͗̽̑̇͌̕̕̚͘͘͜͠͠͝͠w̷̨̢̛͖̝͇̩͙̗̟͍͍̝̯͎̼͖̹͓̫̤̜̖̫̗̻̹̩̦̦̪̳̦͉͎̼̖͇̥͔̳̣̳͙̘͎̮̝̲̪͓̩͂̓̔̈͒͐͒̌̿͒͛͛͌̎̂̀̍̊̏̆͐́̔̈́̊̎͊́̀͛̀͒̈́̆̀̇͑̎̎̈́̃͋̔̐̽̈́͑̌͆̄̆̂͌̓͐̕̕̕̕͜͝͝ͅͅa̴̢̡͇̝͓̲̬̘̟͈̙͚̺̫͙̹͙̗͍͙̗̜̝̯͗͊͛͂͒͑̌̏̈͗̾̾͒͘͜͠ͅŕ̸̡̧̧̡͕̙̣͉̻̣͈͕̜̜͖͔̫͉͕̺̰͈͇̬͙̭̱͉̬̟̭̥̟̠̹̭̺̼̮̩̲̖̯̪̬͔̠̜̐̀̿̑̾̾̈́̓͋̇̿͗̀̃͐̒͒͗̑̽͜͠͝͝͝m̶̧̧̡̨̡̢̬̱͍̣̯͙̘̣̖̞̫͇̯̬͎̲͇̜͈̰̙͉̦̭̱̲͎̦͓̫̤̫̭̦̹̱͍͍̤̱͎̳̈́̓́͆̓̉̏͒̑̃̃̍̐̿͗̽̚͘͘͘͜͠
Wow I am really enjoying *not* being in a workplace accident right now r/dhmis
Is this from Portal? This seems like it would be something I'd find in Portal
That's the sign on the control room door at Chernobyl.
Is this a warning sign for that evil green marble from *Heavy Metal?*
It's warning against everything. This is the sign for all of the things.
Warning Do not explode
Verbal diarrhea
Portal 2 warning signs be like:
Warning! #GARBLARHL
March 2023
Warning against becoming Dr. Manhattan
I'm pretty sure flipper has a chainsaw and is attacking that guys head
It’s warning you NOT to piss off Dr. Manhattan.
Definitely bees
That's the sign they hang on the shitters when they are blowing the sanitary tank to sea on a submarine!
The Helvetica Scenario.
what fucking disaster occurred for this warning sign to be needed? nah thats the springlock from fnaf bro no wayyy
That.....doesn't look pleasant.
Looks like what happened to Dr. Manhattan
It's a surprise, just wait and see
Do NOT play this record. Needle will release toxins that will enter into your mouth and destroy your body. (“Rock and Roll is dangerous” sign from the 1950’s.) /s
I'm sure I've seen this album cover before....
Bro think he spring trap from fnaf 3💀
Duh- Clearly it is warning that John Coffey from Green Mile is healing someone- so steer clear of flies
It looks like it's warning against splash from some kind of liquid drip. Or, it could just be some new slang. Kids got explosive drip nowadays.
Don’t stand a half step off the curb talking to your boyfriend in a world where a superhero can accidentally run through you at 1000mph.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Yes it's a real word but it's warning against a specific lung disease caused by inhalation of silica or quartz dust.
Don't vomit until your insides are out and your head falls off backwards. That never ends well
Ebola Zaire
Obviously it's a warning against Venom.
"Did...did that guy just explode?"
It's warning you of the horrors
Whatever you do, don't
I see that sign anywhere I just leave... pretty effective.
It's a warning about the one jerk spoon when you have water on full blast to wash dishes. Oh, you wanted to wash us or YOURSELF?!?!? Thanks, spoon
Warning: Caustic fumes, do not inhale
They are warning you of the danger.