Wear a damn helmet stupid.

[Lair]

You just took some life out of your eyes by the way.. Welding is serious business.

You also need to cover your skin!! I learned this lesson the hard way.

If your welding for any length of time, cover exposed skin. You will get radiation burns. When I first learned to weld, I didn't put any thought into this lesson (no one really told me). Basically, after welding for around 9 hours straight building a sk8 park, I gave myself 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over my arms. My skin literally fell off the next day.

I thought I was a tough guy and the sparks didn't bother me.. It's not the flame or debis that gets you, it's the light.. If it's bright enough to blind you, it's bright enough to burn you.

That had to suck. I've had problems like that with grinder slag burns. They weren't severe burns like yours, but they still hurt like hell.

I burned my eyes 20+ years ago while welding up some chrome trim holes on an oldschool VW Beetle. I had a helmet, but I didn't use it properly. By the time I welded up all 40+ holes and the filled the turn signal cutouts, my eyes were fried.

I felt fine until 2 am the next morning, when I woke up in excruciating pain.

[rookie]

I would like to see the final results on the fenders...

[Huff]

hmmm, i only had to weld once in Japan while helping my buddy build and exhaust for his dually truck. but everytime i go to an exhaust shop to get work done, i see the guys welding with no mask on at all...they are old guys too, maybe they are already blind so it dont matter. PS: what is a safe distance to be from the arc to not get eye injuries? like if you are watching some1 weld.

If you have a mask on, you can get right next to bead.. You'll see once you have a mask on and watch.

[Delphinitive]

PS: what is a safe distance to be from the arc to not get eye injuries? like if you are watching some1 weld.

if you can see the arc at all, and when you look away or close your eyes and the dot remains in your vision, technically your eyes are being damaged.