Dove in and Bought my First Welder

Also wear ear plugs, nothing hurts like hell more than slag falling in your ear, I swear the last time, I could hear the hairs sizzling as the hot metal went further in my ear.
Always wear a mask, do not ever look at the arc.
I had both my eyes bandaged one time from a flash burn.
I remember my wife bringing me back from the ER and we stopped in a drive-thru for food, the cashier said "I am glad that my husband is the only one that is not accident proof", it at least added a little humor the the extreme pain in my eyes.