Not all types of welding shoot of a lot of stray sparks. If you get any splatter at all doing TIG, you're clearly doing it wrong. This is the sort of welding I see Noisebridge getting into first, as it's the sort of delicate stuff you'd want to use for precision robots or bicycle frames or whatnot. All we'd need is a steady metal table with a chair so you can sit, focus, operate the foot pedal and not melt your work surface.<div>
<br></div><div>It does require a fair amount of room for this type of workstation, plus at the very least a set of UV screens around it so everyone doesn't go blind. It does take a good bit of skill to TIG weld with any quality at all. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Christie</div><div>_______<br>"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." -- W. Blake.<br><br>The outer bounds is only the beginning. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/sets/72157623376093724/</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Sai Emrys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noisebridge@saizai.com">noisebridge@saizai.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Alternative: would it be possible to set up a spark-safe shield around<br>
a welding station to protect the wood?<br>
<br>
I don't know whether this is possible, but it'd be an alternative to<br>
arguing only over whether doing so with the current setup is<br>
sufficiently safe.<br>
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