Yep, You Only Have To Think About It

I've been using the HF 3 pairs for 20 bucks (might be more now) welding gloves for several years now . They're cheap enough I don't freak when I fry one . They work pretty well for casting aluminum and brass too . I'm more careful with the Tillman TIG gloves .

I like to try to mention things that are good. Not just whine about things that aren't, but as I pointed out before it seems like the moment I praise something it goes south. ... Yes Jim, You Only Have To Think About It Bob La Londe

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As a trained scientist I believe the laws of Physics and Chemistry accurately describe the actions of nature, yet I've experienced quite a bit that suggests otherwise, such as the nearly to-the-minute accuracy of my biological clock for waking up and turning on TV weather forecasts. It even works to get up early for fishing trips.

This afternoon I was trading stories of the unexplained with a girl selling witchy things at a faire booth. Mine was of exploring an undeveloped area for hunting and finding the foundation of a vanished barn. There seemed to be a lonely youthful presence who wanted to show me around. I went (or was guided) to the boulder the kids climbed on and saw where their dirty bare feet had worn steps, and then through woods to the far side of a patch of dense brush, nearly tripping on the rough granite step where the door to the farmhouse had been, then I realized that the brush patch was its shrubbery and I'd found (or been directed to) the only entrance. A few hand-forged wrought iron door corner braces remained on the granite. I think I learned more but didn't find a town record of a family there for confirmation. The next time I passed through I was carrying a shotgun and felt nothing, or perhaps disappointment.

Another was of dirt-biking and exploring in a flood control area where the houses had been removed. At the end of the driveway of the only right-angled corner lot I felt the funny cold feeling. Later at a theatre group party I asked an older friend about that area, and she told me she knew the spot, had been to a party at that house and felt the creepy chill when she went upstairs for her coat, on the bed in the room where they told her a child had died.

When house-hunting we found a very reasonably priced older house that I checked thoroughly for repair needs. The story was that it was being sold to settle an estate, which made me think of my grandmother in a nursing home. Everything looked fine until my wife entered and immediately backed out of an upstairs bedroom. I went in and suddenly realized that the elderly woman had fallen and slowly died of thirst on the floor there, not in a nursing home. I told the real estate lady (who must have known at least some part) that we couldn't move in until the previous owner left, and she turned pale and speechless.

The only coded messages I ever received from deep in space are ones I had previously transmitted as a test.

Perhaps even stranger, a yearling deer staring at me from behind at the club range prompted me to look around for who was watching. I unloaded the rifle, took off the ear muffs and checked the trails but saw no kids. When I finally turned completely around the deer was behaving like a playful dog, nipping at weed stems and turning to run while watching for me to follow. Only when I stood up did it realize what I was and run away.

Yes Jim, You Only Have To Think About It Bob La Londe

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If you find or make a hole in the back of hand side of the liner you could poke the finger tips through it to apply some glue to their shell side. I've had good results fixing delaminated shoe soles etc with Shoe Goo.

After use I grease the cap threads and put a piece of aluminized snack bar wrapper over the tube end to slow evaporation. When it gets thick anyway I unroll the crimped bottom and add some paint thinner. When a glue tube cap cracked I patched it enough to tighten by pressing on a washer bored on the lathe to fit. The plastic film over the spout end seals it. Sometimes petroleum jelly on the threads is enough.

A small all-polyethylene dropper bottle of acetone is also handy for maintenance, like rinsing out spray can nozzles. The droppers with rubber bulbs haven't held up as well to solvents etc.

The other day I used the acetone bottle to show a neighbor which pens of his had insoluble gel ink and are safe to write unalterable checks with. In return for that and several easy (for me) no-tool repairs he gave me a thin dark blue sweatshirt that had come as bait with a mailed donation request. I'll use it as a cool weather work shirt that doesn't show dark car grease or wood stove soot stains.

I just looked on the website and didn't find a deal like that. I'm not a fan of the cheap split leather welding gloves, but if they were that cheap I might learn to live with it.

That being said, my second favorite pair of welding gloves is a long cuff split leather Tillman. The cuff goes part way up my bicep which means I could properly protect my arms with out changing shirts or putting on some welding sleeves. I have two pair, and both pairs have cooked fingers. LOL.

Found this right off ... on clearance in store only .

Must be a catered result. Your link says unavailable in Yuma.

Just out of curiosity I took a look at MSC and they show some "inexpensive" leather welding gloves for 5 bucks a pair. Limited supply. Only 196 left. LOL.