Re:German Kindergarten Campouts Test Helicopter Parents (2015)
by sandworm101 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @10:15PM
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Im no safety nut, but welding? What type? I wouldnt let a full grown adult use one unsupervised without training. Depending on the form of welding one can do real damage very quickly. Not bumps and bruises. Im talking missing fingers and eyeballs. Or was this propane-powered soldering rather than melting steel?
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Re:German Kindergarten Campouts Test Helicopter Parents (2015)
by zaarn on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:34AM
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Can't speak for any GP/OP but I learned simple welding with 12 when my father built a new grid for the berries in our garden to grow, spot welded a few steel grids together (about 8mm thick). Of course my father watched the first 10 tries or so but after he was sure I would be able to handle it he would go do other things and only occasionally check back to make sure I didn't spontaneously die.