Outside welding area

[BarrieJ]

There's quite a bit of discussion on the web regarding dogs and the potential of eye damage due to exposure to the electric arc.
I could only find one entry from a licensed vet who claimed: "Yes - they can get welders eye / flash as well, which is damage is to the corneal epithelium from this type of light exposure. It can also cause secondary uveitis."

Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, called the uvea or uveal tract. It can cause eye pain and changes to your vision. Most cases get better with treatment – usually steroid medication. But sometimes uveitis can lead to further eye problems such as glaucoma and cataracts.

Any Australians able to give a bit of background to the saying: "blind as a welder's dog"?

 

[mrsbruce]

Update on my womancave below.

Leg vice fitted, and in use. I’ve used temporary wood blocks to keep the support log in place, and will get some proper bracing sorted out in the non too distant future.

The 2nd and 3rd piccies are a little slide away table/work surface I made for in my shed. It slides into the other table’s under-shelf, and is made from a couple of Ikea table legs a friend gave me, and a panel from an old desk I had lying about.

Porch is slowly being enclosed for winter, one little panel at a time.

 

[gaz1]

shes done better than some men out there

even has a pull out table top to work upon

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Just needs a motor + castors now.

Well done, MrsB

 

[mrsbruce]

If you peer underneath the table, you will see my parts washer, mounted on the box part of an old piano stool, with castors fitted.

AND, next to it, my little oven for powder coating, mounted on plank of wood, and castors off old office chair.

Who says all those years of watching Blue Peter when a child, were a waste of time.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

If you peer underneath the table

I try to avoid peering under tables these days, having closely examined the underside of a few on my back in my youth......