Yah right; not something that's all that common, and I'd say extremely rare for anyone to do it without normal work wear making them hot in hot weather. I've done plenty of it in nothing but gym shorts, and I think I did a little naked once when I had the mill back in the woods. But I sold the mill and put together a different one that's not so mobile. I plan on selling it and buying another easily portable mill. Then I'll run it where I can do it fully naked a good bit.
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jdinjava1May 12, 2017Interesting
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GSNPhilMay 12, 2017Interesting, yes. So where do you get the timber you're milling? Cut trees that you own? Or buy them on the open market? And what do you do with the lumber you mill? Sell it? Use it yourself? Is this a hobby? Or profession? Just curious......
Seems to me you'd need work gloves and eye protection. Maybe steel toe flip flops. Beyond that though, I think naked should work fine for sawmilling.ReactReply - ST
StevieLornaMay 12, 2017I'm gonna try naked arc welding.
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I'm gonna try naked arc welding.
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Lakeman221May 13, 2017[quote]I'm gonna try naked arc welding.[/quote] Which process, MIG, TIG or stick rod welding? All three of these is a form of arc welding. So which one will it be? What machine do you have? Are you just going to be running beads, or actually building something useful?ReactReply - RTReuben TitusOriginal PosterMay 13, 2017
we have 80 acres of timbered mountainside, no shortage of trees to saw. Been selling them for a living for 30 years a few at a time. I've sawed all our own building lumber and sold some as well.
I've done a lot of welding too. But I'd recommend no more than a few minutes of it naked because it can create a bad sunburn real fast. The sparks can be a bit irritating but not too bad of ya don't get yer self too close, or not doing heavy welding with high amperage. AC and DC stick welding is what i've done most of.
ReactReply - NUnudeyooperMay 14, 2017[quote]I'm gonna try naked arc welding.[/quote] I too was going to warn about the "sunburn" got mine while welding in just a short sleeved shirt. It was bad enough on just the arms. I'd hate to think of what it might do to more sensitive parts.ReactReply
- RTReuben TitusOriginal PosterMay 15, 2017
you know how some humans are, they have to try just about anything at least once. I was watching skydiving videos where they used wing suits, always using a parachute of course. One guy just had to prove it was possible to land without one. He did it successfully at an airport with gigantic amounts of padding to land on. I would have told him he was stupid, not worth risking one's life just to prove a little thing like that which isn't going to make any difference anyway.
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PaulMay 16, 2017I would do nude sawmill work if I had the chance as to me it is just as safe as with cloths on. Welding could be done nude if there was a black heavy duty material between the work and you to stop the ark burn on your body, yes welding mask, gloves etc will still be needed.
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Naked arc welding..... It was meant as sarcasm.
ReactReply - LALakeman221May 17, 2017[quote]Naked arc welding..... It was meant as sarcasm.[/quote] Couldn't really tell that from your post. I am just wondering though, if you have ever actually DONE any welding, clothed or otherwise.ReactReply
- RTReuben TitusOriginal PosterJul 18, 2017
spring of 14 I sold our bandmill, Next year I put together a circle blade mill from pile of parts and steel beams. 2 years later I decide to switch back to a band sawmill. So I put the round blade mill up for sale couple weeks ago. Sold it 2 days ago. yesterday a neighbor came by and I happened to mention I was in need of another one, and he says he just found one for sale. I went to see and bought it. It's very similar to the first one I sold, but with added hydraulic log loading. It needs some maintenance, and I'll have to come up with blade sharpener and tooth setter, so it won't be immediately put to work, but it's easily portable, so I plan on building two sheds for it. One down where others will have access, and another way up on the mountainside where I can run it nude all I want. Or I can just park it wherever the logs are, don't need a roof in good weather.
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