Welding instruction- Is this too early?

I think that the dad needs a little welding safety instruction.

Looks interesting. Whe nchecking m lib for it, I found another: _Wisdom of the last farmer : harvesting legacies from the land_ Author: Masumoto, David Mas. Summary: In this memoir, the author finds the natural connections between generation and succession, fathers and children, booms and declines as he tells the story of his family and their farm. He sees the price the family has paid to grow complex heirloom peaches--when the market rewards tasteless, big, and red fruits--and the challenges of maintaining traditions and integrity while working in the modern, high-pressure agricultural marketplace. As his father's health declines along with the profitability of the family farm, the author moves beyond economic concerns to questions of life, death, and renewal.

Karl's story, y'think?

-- Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. -- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

Psychologically, it's called age inappropriate behavior when the child does it on their own. For the parent to do it is called child endangerment. That kid's sensitive skin is right out there for arc ray burns, and spatter burns.

The dad may think it is cool, but it reeks of a shallow fetid gene pool.

Dad needs a swift kick in the nuts. Nothing like a small child wandering into the shop unnoticed, and getting out some welding equipment with the idea it's okay and he can do it. If I knew who this was, I'd turn him into CPS.

Steve

Jon

That'll teach him to do a blue collar job!

If you really want them to grow up welding, at that age you have some adult holding their hand a safe distance away saying "when you're older, if you're cool enough you can do that, too".

Meh. Looks staged, like someone dropped a 'sparkler' behind the frame.

Notice the light in the scene. It's very diffuse, except for the shadow on daddy's left thigh, cast by the camera flash.

If that were a real arc, the camera flash shadow would have been washed out. There is also no blue-white light bouncing off the front of the helmet. The sparks are very low energy, like that produced by grinding. Not the white-hot stuff you get from a real arc.

This by contrast, looks real:

--Winston