Last week I did my sixth, and final lead wipe. Junior is handing me the molten lead, which I'll apply to the termination joint. We have to wear respirators that filter the fine lead particles that may be airborne. We also have to wear monitors that sample the air for lead contaminants.


It's a nice looking shape, now to smooth it out and put the final touches on it. This one was my best, by far. I was able to do it quickly, and confidently, finishing in 35 minutes. I was fast enough that Junior didn't have to work on this one.

W² was our Temperature Control Specialist (aka Ragboy). He kept the termination cool.



Junior did the last termination, which gave me a chance to use my BRAND NEW ladles! You can see the air sampling tube for the air monitor clearly here.


Ladle, ladle, ladle....making lead for Junior.

There's my last (I mean most recent) lead wipe! I look forward to doing those again, though it may be a year or more from now.

Here's the crew that worked on this job: Junior, me, Dennis (no nick-name yet) Bruiser, W Squared, and The Boss. Junior and I were the splicers. Dennis and W Squared were ragboys. Bruiser was our instructor, technical specialist, and main critic, and The Boss was the boss.