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Default Welding mask - necessary?

On 07/12/2013 16:21, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:

For a small arc welder for a small job, is a mask really necessary? The
spark doesn't look any brighter than starting at a bright lightbulb.


It all a big conspiracy by elf'n'safty... you're no wimp, try it without.

(and when the nice lady in A&E mentions "arc eye", you can tell her not
to be silly, because you looked real close, and could not see any UV, so
obviously there was none there!)


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