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Default Welding mask - necessary?

On 08/12/13 20:44, John Williamson wrote:
On 07/12/2013 21:18, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 21:09:36 -0000, John Williamson
wrote:

On 07/12/2013 16:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:
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.


Is this **** for real?

Unfortunately, he seems to be.


It was a fair question about length of time required for damage. For
example handling asbestos for 5 minutes is not the same as handling it
for a living.

True, but a single exposure to asbestos dust has been blamed for causing
mesothelioma many years later.

only cos the lawyers wanted to make some dosh.


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