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Your "WATCHOUT" is what some of us call "common sense", which nowadays tends to be less prevalent than it once was!
I too worked at a ship yard when I was young, actually I worked one (1) day as a welder. I remember I was told to weld some stiffening stringers and pointed to where the welding rods were at and where the huge bank of welders was located. The welding leads looked like spaghetti in a bowl and I send two hours untangling a lead to use, then after all that I get set up to weld and the machine is way to cold. I trace the lead back to the machine, which took 30 minutes or so, and turned it up. Upon returning to the work, I discovered someone had taken the last 50 foot section of my lead. By this time it was lunch time and right after lunch I set about finding another lead. Spent most of the remaining day untangling more welding leads and getting them strung out to the work location. Again the amperage was too cold so I decided instead of tracing everything back to the bank of welders I just went and turned up all the machines. Near quitting time a foreman walked by and wanted to know if I had adjusted any of the welding machines and when I told him I had he got upset and said I needed to leave the equipment alone and just do my work,,,,,that pretty much ended it all right there!
I too worked at a ship yard when I was young, actually I worked one (1) day as a welder. I remember I was told to weld some stiffening stringers and pointed to where the welding rods were at and where the huge bank of welders was located. The welding leads looked like spaghetti in a bowl and I send two hours untangling a lead to use, then after all that I get set up to weld and the machine is way to cold. I trace the lead back to the machine, which took 30 minutes or so, and turned it up. Upon returning to the work, I discovered someone had taken the last 50 foot section of my lead. By this time it was lunch time and right after lunch I set about finding another lead. Spent most of the remaining day untangling more welding leads and getting them strung out to the work location. Again the amperage was too cold so I decided instead of tracing everything back to the bank of welders I just went and turned up all the machines. Near quitting time a foreman walked by and wanted to know if I had adjusted any of the welding machines and when I told him I had he got upset and said I needed to leave the equipment alone and just do my work,,,,,that pretty much ended it all right there!
