Anything welding

The edge of a bastard file works really good too. You can swing it between the thumb and finger like a drum stick..lololol.
Zim

 

Bruhhhhhh... you don’t weld with that ring on do you.?

 

Quick story. I play golf with a guy with no left ring finger. He arched off his ring finger while taking off the positive on another battery (dual boat setup) and his finger exploded. Two weeks later infection took it. True story.
Zim

 

I use mine for a hot wrench more than actually cutting anything anymore.

 

I wear silicone rings now. Wife don’t mind one bit.

 

Finally got off my ass and started on my higher clearance bumper.

 

No, I rarely have it on anyways. Usually I only wear it to work, which is an office job. I threw it on when I went to the store to keep the hoochies off of me and didn’t take it off for this quick job. Made a few small brackets.

 

I have gotten my hand stuck in between some flight controls at work doing an inspection/clearance check and got my hand stuck with my old ring on... what’s the first instinct??? Yank that shit out! Fuck me, from that point on I have been wearing a groove life ring. Love it. 100% replacement free for life. Gets cut, burned, ripped, worn out, fully replaced no question asked.

 

Man, no lie.. if I had your truck and put all that work into that crazy cage, I would most certainly be tryin as hard as I can to see how many rolls I could get out of it. Lol...

 

Like this

https://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8

 

I hope I never have to test it out.

 

wait uh is this a real thing lol I almost always have my ring on...

 

I was an aircraft electrician in the military and we were not even allowed to wear rings while working.

 

True story. He leaned down to brace himself (tight quarters in a boat) and suddenly became "ground". He chips the ball really well now. Lol
Zim

 

Whatever you do, DO NOT google image search ring de-gloving...

 

That shit is gnarly. That’s why I rarely wear my ring outside of my office job.

 

Yea dont ever wear a ring doing anything in the garage or doing housework, it's a pretty awesome way to lose a finger or shock yourself. The airline I used to be a safety dude at was good for at least 1 degloveing or finger amputation a year between aircraft, vehicle and facility maintenance, usually related to a wedding ring.

 

@EatSleepTacos

If you don’t mind me asking, did you shop around a lot before choosing the HF plasma cutter? What made you choose that one?

The specs on your unit are very close to mine (Everlast Powerplasma 50s) and the prices are nearly identical not counting any sales.

I was also wrong about the machines looking the same, I haven’t looked at mine in a while. I bought mine to build bumpers and skid plates then ended up buying bumpers since I didn’t have time to build them.

 

Yeah I just am concerned about the ground thing more than anything else. I mean I always have my welding gloves on but I don't like the idea of my finger exploding.

I've always heard about degloving, my Dad told me a story about a dude who had it happen at home depot back when we both worked there. I just typically never had a time when working in the garage that I felt I was at risk of that though. I was thinking about getting a silicone ring for my multi day camp trips since my fingers always swell on those, maybe it will serve a home use purpose too. My 9-5 is a desk job so never had a concern.

 

I didn’t shop around that much. I had a harbor freight titanium welder for about a year and it was an awesome machine. Then recently upgraded that to one of their Vulcan welders and am impressed with that too. I figured their plasma cutter would be no different in terms of quality, and I like that I can just go 10 minutes down the road for consumables and warranty returns and whatnot. After watching a YouTube video or two about it I decided I would be happy with it.