lol i keep finding myself holding my breath while welding, and when im done the bead im almost dead!

hahahah ******* bad habit. anyone else do this?

 

lol i may i don't pay attention to anything else though

 

hahaha, i used to do it, when i first started welding... thought i was the only one.

welding is great for clearing the mind, because it requires so much concentration.
sometimes so much concentration that you forget to breathe i guess..

 

I find myself doing it once in a while. Mainly because the anti spatter spray smells so bad and comes up under the helmet. A fan pulling the air helps.

 

haha, never

 

Every single time.. I do mostly stick welding and am now doing some mig and have had one attempt at tig but yes I do it too. I'm not sure if it's a really bad habbit but it surely can't be good and I imagine it's worst on a mig, whereas in stick you can only hold it so far till you run out of rod.

 

I used to ...it was a hard habit to break...i found once i relaxed more and just took it easy my welds were much nice.

 

I do it to when TIG welding, it helps me keep my hand real steady, but im about to pass out by the end of the bead!

 

when i learned to weld my teacher would come threw all our booths to make sure we were doin everything right. we would get yelled at if he caught us holdin our breath. so fear of humiliation kept me from starting that habbit haha

 

I find myself staring tat my reflection half the time, damn backlighting.

Rich

 

It took me a long time to tig without holding my breath lol

When i realized i was doing it, it took more concentration to breathe then to weld.

I swear a key to tig welding is relaxation

 

I found myself doing that today.

 

lol... i never even knew some people held there breath... i guess i just never caught onto the habit... i wanna go try it!

 

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haha, ditto

 

lol i wouldnt be supprised if i do it, probably the anticipation of seeing my horrible weld after it lol or waiting to burn through

 

I do it, I'm trying to break the habit.

 

No.

 

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When i realized i was doing it, it took more concentration to breathe then to weld.

I swear a key to tig welding is relaxation </TD></TR></TABLE>


hjahjahahh yap

 

i tried it... couldnt really do it... i guess its just natural for me to breathe while welding... anybody hold there breathe while walking 2?! JK!!!! i can see why some would do it though

 

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youll just die before us, MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHA

Rich

 

I thought that was in the tig welding manual like step 2 or something,

1. Lower shield
2. Hold breath
3. Apply pressure to pedal....
so on and so forth.

 

I used to do it when I'd get some scrap metal and wasn't sure it was galzanized and didn't wanna die! lol

 

I think I hold my breath and have my face in some contorted position too. Like biting my lip or my jaw cocked to the side and semi-squinting.

 

you guys who hold their breath should go to a gun range and shoot with professional advise on posture, breath control.
it is essentially the same type of activity and will help you with those nasty habits.
stan

 

i cant weld anymore cuz i keep passing out!