Chevron 7 locke

Next accident--actually earlier: Arc Welder. Metal Shop. Making potato gun.

The short arc stick of weld is normally brittle--so brittle you can just twist and break it. otherwise you turn off the machine (preferred) and chop it with a chisel(at least). I had made it hot and pliable by making 2 passes adjoining the pipe cut at an angle to the baseplate. Was impatient. Buddy yanked on the (+) lead with the weld to help, I gripped the workpiece with my right hand and yanked the in the opposite direction. Didn't watch where I swung my left elbow--hit ground (-) pole. --Never knew what a mix of fire, razors and barbed wire felt like all at once in my chest and arms until a minute later I came to, realizing I had been zapped and thrown into the wall behind me and mildly passing out. 250V at 50-75% power output. Screwed up my heat reception until mid 2007--happened 1-17-02. Been more static charged ever since.