School boy error.

[bellyman]

The mark of a good welder is being able to keep a run going while taking a blob of molten metal burning it's way into your skin. The aesthetics of the weld overcomes the pain of the burn and the scarring

Thats true!

 

[silk186]

That photo should be archived as a teaching example for new members.

 

[MrsAshy]

Ouch ouch ouch. Im gritting my teeth just looking at it

 

[skinku]

Done the lips as well, very embarrasing.

 

[Zippy0]

Done the lips as well, very embarrasing.

Yeah, I was a few times veeeery damn close to burning my lips, but the vapor hitting my face stopped me from actually having it end badly
I have also burned my fingers one or two times in the past

 

[rawhead]

The vapers tramp stamp - if you haven't done that at least once, do you even drip bro ?

 

[RAPTOREX]

Never touch the exhaust on an old Villiers when adjusting the carb.View attachment 190941

Takes me back to the early 70s. Zipping around the fields on a 350 with leading link forks and a cast frame. Burns, bruises and hours with a stick welder.

 

[Steve.]

Takes me back to the early 70s. Zipping around the fields on a 350 with leading link forks and a cast frame. Burns, bruises and hours with a stick welder.

This engine is the Villiers mk 25 industrial/farm engine, i have a collection of fourteen all rebuilt by myself, Villiers BSA and JAP a couple of late 60s the rest early 70s.