[Noisebridge-discuss] plasmastaub / roboexotica

[Christie Dudley]

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.

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.

Christie
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:

> Alternative: would it be possible to set up a spark-safe shield around
> a welding station to protect the wood?
>
> I don't know whether this is possible, but it'd be an alternative to
> arguing only over whether doing so with the current setup is
> sufficiently safe.
>
> - Sai
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