On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 11:41:26 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

Luckily for me the machine shop teacher who taught me how to weld and fold
bandsaw blades had enough restraint to avoid those stunts. The welding
instructor tried to get me to touch a TIG high frequency arc, like he did. I
told him I'd already used up my nine lives in electrical accidents.

My 1.25" sawmill bands are much more difficult to manage than 1/2" ones. I
unfold new or resharpened blades by throwing them on a brush pile that
absorbs their fury.

Likely a fellow student taught me, certainly not my instructor.
TIG's in the 70s just tickled a bit, "Look at me, I can strike an
arc on my fingers" modern ones are like "Holy **** why did I do
that!"
--
William