leathers

[tigman250]

where is the best place to buy heavy duty leathers, coats and aprons. i just got 2 jobs where i will be doing ALOT of gouging and as far as i'm concerned you can't cover enough of your body when gouging!!

[Coalsmoke]

I always buy local so I can try them on first. One misplaced seam can make wearing them very uncomfortable.

[90blackcrx]

Gouging, price gouging ? So you are going to have extra cash to by a leather jacket, ok I'm confused

Whats gouging ?

[Coalsmoke]

CAC-A gouging, plasma gouging, maybe oxy-fuel gousing. Either way, sparks go everywhere. Do a search for "gouging" and you'll find lots of info on here.

[tigman250]

Gouging, price gouging ? So you are going to have extra cash to by a leather jacket, ok I'm confused

Whats gouging ?
Carbon Arc Gouging (http://www.twi.co.uk/professional/protected/band_3/jk12.html)

[90blackcrx]

Thanks

As far as buying online

www.weldingdepot.com
www.ramweldingsupply.com
http://store.cyberweld.com/index.html
www.ebay.com

[b-footn]

If you are gonna be a weldor, you are gonna get burned. Nature of the biz. :eek: :D

[arcdawg]

If you are gonna be a weldor, you are gonna get burned. Nature of the biz. :eek: :D


Ive done a little carbon arcin and its not just about getting burned by hot metal its about getting U.V. burned which in the long run is much worse then a burn-

dawg

[unixadm]

If you are gonna be a weldor, you are gonna get burned. Nature of the biz. :eek: :D

True. I was running some short beads today on a cart I'm building when a spring clamp holding a square slipped off. That made me jump and my arm went down on the hot tube I had just finished laying my beads on. I usually always wear a welding jacket, apron or arm protectors, but the space was so cramped that it was restricting my movement so I put on extra long gloves instead. Doh! I would have been fine if that clamp and square didn't fall off. haha

The smell of cooked hair and skin is always nice. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. :)

[precisionworks]

My local AirGas store can get any Tillman product in a few days, usually at prices as good as on the net.

Some of Tillman's leathers are imported (and inexpensive), others are domestic & really nicely made. The domestic leathers wear like iron & fit well. I buy only the choclate brown color as it does not show dirt at all.

http://www.jtillman.com/search/clothing.html

[J hall]

Gouging, price gouging ? So you are going to have extra cash to by a leather jacket, ok I'm confused

Whats gouging ?

A couple more pics.
Jeff

[Fishy Jim]

Sheesh, that's barely more than me grinding.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/FishyJim/sparks-web.jpg

Ok, so maybe a little more. lol :)

[bigdogjoe62]

Go with your local welding supply store for leathers they probably carry Tillman or Black stallion or rawhide frontier all good quality and you can try it on ;) support your local supplier we need it :)

[Coalsmoke]

Sheesh, that's barely more than me grinding.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/FishyJim/sparks-web.jpg

Ok, so maybe a little more. lol :)


Yes, but carbon arc sparks tend to hurt a whole lot more as they carry lots of tiny little blobs of metal.

[b-footn]

Yes, but carbon arc sparks tend to hurt a whole lot more as they carry lots of tiny little blobs of metal.

It doesn't matter what you put on to protect yourself, you will find yourself dancing around at some point, and looking around to see if anyone saw your hot man dance. :D

[Coalsmoke]

yup, no getting around that. Also, wear ear plugs to protect the ear drums.

[tigman250]

If you are gonna be a weldor, you are gonna get burned. Nature of the biz. :eek: :D

you have obously never used a carbon arc gouger, my arms are all scared up from just regular welding, if you don't cover up well to run a gouger you will be in bad shape :( i do realize that you can put on all the protection in the world and still get burned, but why not try to minimize the chances?

thanks for all the imput guys!