sskybnd Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 im pretty dumb some times, well im trying to get a hog trap done, not a welder by no means, but i have one and pettle with it, i made about 9 welds yesterday but realy can't seem to get the sheild down to see what im welding so i just basicley turn my head some so im not looking directly at the ark, well i knew i had burned my eyes, but ive done it before, but not this bad, well to make matters worse i went to our new lease with a guy named andy and his nephew, im on the back of andys 4 wheeler and his nephew cuts in front of us and starts to fishtail on the dirt road thowing sand and dust back our way, as i look around i catch a face full of sand and such, i feel it hit my eyes and know i just got hit in the eye i go home and wash my face and being my eyes arleady hurt, hard to tell if i got it out or not, so i go to bed, about 1;45 this morning i want to rip my eye out, i feel it being cut along the top of the eye lid, i wake my girlfriend up and tell her to take me to the hospital, she replies you just burned them and rolls over, i have to get demanding that there is something in there, well off we go, they see my eyes and ask me what i was doing i tell them attempting to weld, they already assume there burned and go's to leave it at that, i have to tell them over and over theres some thing in it, they finley put some drops in the eye take me to a room and turn my eye lid in side out and fine a fine piece of gravel inbeded between the eye lid and i guess the eye ball, they remove it, and tell me the cornea is ok, well now i have a patch over one eye and am so light sensative that the other wants to sqwent, they say it will be a few days till they are not so light sensative, if you have some compassionate for a stupid person say a small pray for me to be good to drive by tuseday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Sauceman Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Was a welder for over 20 years...Had my share of welders burn...should be fine by next morning but you will think your eyes will burn out before then...Kind of like someone held your eyes open and shoveled sand in them and you can't rinse it out no matter how hard you try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawn09 Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Prayers sent Sky. Hope you get better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Sorry to hear it Robert. Chop up some potatoes next time you burn your eyes and make a compress with them. Works great. Better yet.... .GET A SHIELD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted September 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 Sorry to hear it Robert. Chop up some potatoes next time you burn your eyes and make a compress with them. Works great. Better yet.... .GET A SHIELD! i have a sheild but havent figured how to drop it and keep the ark going at the same time or i find if i lowere it my weld starts going ever where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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