One of my highly intellectual employees was cutting the rear end out of a 89 Linclon LSC with my 14" gas body saw. The car is on its side. He goes to cut the driveshaft off, and of course has to cut through some of the floor to get to all of it up in the hump in the floor. Mr Genius doesn't bother to think about whats on the other side of what he is cutting through. Minutes later car is completely engulfed in flames. (He does not know this and is still unbolting something) On his side it looks OK. 5 minutes of rapid 5 gallon bucket brigade gets the fire out. Some people should not touch things that make fire..
Been there done that... Except with me it was a 79 Caddy I had built into an El Camino for a customer. I had put most of the interior back in just for a test fit on Friday, and then forgot about it the next Monday when I started some tacking on the rear window area. Cost me $2200 bucks by the time it was over and done with.
I had a friend catch my back seat on fire while using a plasma cutter, took the seat out and poured a bunch of water on it then put it in the garage. About an hour later I walk by the garage and smoke is coming out from under the door, got in there and the seat was still smoldering. Luckily nothing caught fire though
Dont loose your balance while arc welding and let your metal belt buckle ground out the who damn thing. Yea that ****ed a lot. The burn on my stomach ****ed not to mention the amount of laughing at me when I came to.
Yup, it happen can happen at anytime. You can never be too careful. I have had a few occasions playing with fire..
I'm at work whensome crack head complains his exhaust under his ****barge and itis from the wreck. My boss says put it on the frame machine and weld it for Joe who is at lunch. So i get it up and start welding this rusted tube that was his exhaust all thw while squatting under the car on my machine. Slag falls off of pipe, burns through my pants, through the underwear and MELTS IN TO MY SAC! Which i had to dig out! Remember, when it's lunch time, leave the shop, Because no good deed goes unpunished.
my father in law had a red hot tungsten stick in one of his nuts.welding jet engine fan ***emblies you sit at the fixture and as your deep into corner welds the tungsten is rather extended .between welds you just d**** the torch and hose across your lap .Well on one occasion the hose snagged as he dropped the torch and it just sort of swung down and stuck!
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