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I wonder how long these fellows last

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eti:

--- Quote from: G7PSK on October 22, 2021, 02:43:01 pm ---These men in Pakistan must be so full of lead they sink, certainly it must effect them severely handling all this lead this way.

https://youtu.be/G-4MpN1Jzog

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Not sure if you knew, but if you post "normal" YT links which haven't been shortened to the ".be" domain, the actual video will embed in the forum properly, as opposed to the viewer having to navigate away to YouTube.com (and down many rabbit holes and distractions, if they're like me  ;D)

Just paste the URL in this format: h t t p : / / www . youtube . com / watch?v=XXXXXXX (obviously your URL has no spaces - those were added to prevent forum embedding a dummy video.

TimFox:
Many years ago, I went to a local lead foundry to get a steel tube filled with lead for x-ray shielding purposes.
Although this was before anti-smoking laws, I was surprised to see everyone in the front office was smoking.
They gave me a quick tour of the foundry area, and I realized that smoking was the least of their worries.

xrunner:
I have watched several more videos on that YT channel "The Mechanic". Working with heavy machinery with sandals on (no safety shoes). Grinding metal with shavings flying and no safety glasses, breathing noxious fumes. But I get it, they are where they are in the world.

They get the job done though. Some guy drops off an engine block and they drag it onto a piece of cardboard on a dirt floor, then proceed to repair the cylinder bores. No one in this country would accept such working conditions. Just makes you think about what you might be able to accomplish if you really had to get something done.

jmelson:
Well, they did NOT show the messy part, where they BURN the old plates to reduce the Lead Sulfate to elemental lead and then pour molten lead to make new plates.  That pretty much dwarfs the hazards of what was shown in the video.

Jon

jmelson:

--- Quote from: xrunner on October 23, 2021, 10:02:12 pm ---I have watched several more videos on that YT channel "The Mechanic". Working with heavy machinery with sandals on (no safety shoes). Grinding metal with shavings flying and no safety glasses, breathing noxious fumes. But I get it, they are where they are in the world.

They get the job done though. Some guy drops off an engine block and they drag it onto a piece of cardboard on a dirt floor, then proceed to repair the cylinder bores. No one in this country would accept such working conditions. Just makes you think about what you might be able to accomplish if you really had to get something done.

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Many years ago, in the US, there were guys that went to disabled heavy trucks on the side of the highway, and tore down the engine right there, bored out the old cylinder liner, shrink-fitted a new liner in place and mounted a portable boring fixture and bored the cylinder liner, fitted a new piston and put it all back together.

Jon

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