[Noisebridge-discuss] let's get a TIG welder

[jim]

    Martin's invocation of "common sense" ought to 
bear scrutiny (per Andy's warning wrt smoldering 
scrap). 
    Common sense at Noisebridge? Not a dependable 
commodity. 
    Also, working as a housepainter I developed 
experience and skill using torches to remove paint. 
sparks can lodge in cracks and smolder with no 
evidence for hours. If the smoldering creeps, at 
some point it will be exposed to air sufficient 
to cause the entire smoldering area to burst into 
flame: it seems like a bomb went off. 
    I don't see why taking extra precautions is a 
bad thing. Better overkill protection than a "problem". 




On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 10:37 -0700, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:22:56PM -0500, Martin Bogomolni wrote:
> > Oh Jim, for Pete's sake.
> 
> Martin,
> 
> That's incredibly dismissive of Jim's and others' valid concerns.
> 
> I'm a huge fan of welding, but I don't think that 2169 is a good place
> to do it under the current circumstances.
> 
> The dirty shop is very dirty, with a poor record of cleaning up sawdust
> and similiar flammable debris.  I would be very uncomfortable to see
> people welding there.  Even with TIG versus MIG or plain-old-stick arc
> welding, there's an excellent chance of hot steel landing in a sawdust
> pile or behind a pile of scrap wood and smoldering for a few hours (long
> enough for the welders to have cleaned up and gone home) before catching
> flame.
> 
> Please organize a field trip to Ace Monster Toys before attempting to do
> welding at 2169.
> 
> Thanks,
> -andy