Kanskje ikke en vanlig jobb for en smører, men jeg hadde fire år som mekaniker læregutt, med innlagt opphold i sveiseavdeling, som ballast, så anså oppgaven som helt kurant. Jeg antar at arbeidet i forkanten av selve sveisingen var at jeg kløv opp i masta, for å bese bruddet. Hvilke elektroder jeg ville benytte var avhengig av materialene der og trolig måtte bruddstedet renses.
Etter å ha festet jording kontakten begynte jeg å klyve opp i masten iført hodehjelm og sveisehansker. I lommen hadde jeg basiske elektroder, slagghammer og stålbørste. Elektrodeholderen og sveisekabelen trakk jeg med meg mens jeg klatret. I lærebok for sveisere av Ole Hvamb, utgitt 1962, står i nedre avsnitt side 9: "og framfor alt, stikk aldri elektrodeholderen opp under armhulen under slaggbankingen. Armhulen kan være fuktig av svette." Akkurat det hadde jeg ikke i tankene der oppe i masta. Båten gjorde omkring 18 knopp og hadde en svak sideveis svingning (slingring), som krevde at jeg måtte holde meg fast med venstre handa , siden jeg holdt elektrodeholderen i den andre. Godt kommet opp og skulle koble elektroden, som jeg holdt fastklemt i venstre armhule, til elektrodeholderen skjedde det Ole Hvamb hadde advart mot. Strømstøtet jeg der fikk var så kraftig at taket glapp. Idet jeg var i ferd med å falle ned var jeg heldig og fikk grep med min høyre hånd , så det ble elektrodeholderen og sveisekabelen som traff dekket og ikke meg. I fortsettelsen valgte jeg å feste elektrodene i elektrodeholderen nede på dekk og klatret opp og ned i masten til "sikringringen" igjen var forsvarlig sveiset til masten.
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I had signed on M / S Northland , which greaser and the ship was sailing between England and Jamaica. The episode I will now tell you about happened somewhere in the North Atlantic, as we approached Jamaica and is related to my job board. It was a day in summer 1966. The weather was gorgeous, glorious sunshine and nice temperatures, just one of those days I liked to get a welding job on top of the deck. Well, I had to rig me with the welding machine and cables there, but the job itself was fluffier than that. The real issue was that a " safety guard " high up in the aft mast had broken the bracket against the mast, so that I should repair .
Maybe not a regular job for a oiler, but I had four years as a mechanic apprentice , with inlaid stay in the welding department, ballast, as regarded the task as totally kind of problem. I guess that worked the front edge of the weld was that I climbed up the mast , to triumphs breakup . Which leads I would use depended on the materials there and probably had the fracture site to be cleaned.
After attaching the grounding connector I began to climb up the mast head wearing a helmet and gloves. In my pocket I had basic electrodes , chipping hammer and wire brush. The electrode holder and welding cable I pulled with me while I climbed. In textbook for welders Ole Hvamb , published in 1962 , stands in the lower section page 9 , " and above all , never insert the electrode holder under the armpit during slag tapping . Armpit can be damp with sweat. " Just what I had in mind not up there in the mast . The boat did about 18 bud and had a slight lateral oscillation ( wobble ) , which required that I had to hold on with my left hand , since I held electrode holder in the other. Well come up and would connect the electrode, as I was trapped in the left armpit , to the electrode holder occurred Ole Hvamb had warned against . Power collision where I received was so powerful that the roof slipped . As I was about to fall down , I was lucky and got to grips with my right hand , so it was electrode holder and welding cable which hit the deck and not me. In the sequel , I decided to attach the electrodes in the electrode holder down on the deck and climbed up and down the mast to "safety guard " again was responsible welded to the mast.