- 1. Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 20:28:02 -0800
- All this talk about shop layout has brought up a question in my mind. If you have both welding equipment and a solvent tank (parts cleaner) in your shop, how much space do you keep between them? Are
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00212.html (7,389 bytes)
- 2. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 01:39:19 -0600
- Gordon worried: Space, safe solvents, welding area screening and a lot of awareness can prevent most scary happenings.....Less expected is the hazard of grinding sparks . . . I've seen disc grinder s
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00217.html (7,945 bytes)
- 3. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:15:58 -0600
- Like, hey mam, what fumes.............
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00227.html (7,569 bytes)
- 4. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: Richard George <rkg@teleport.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 08:10:14 -0800
- I usually keep the lid shut on my parts washer except when using it (and since I can't weld at the same time...), and I have a large exhaust fan which I run when doing stuff like using solvents, wel
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00228.html (8,427 bytes)
- 5. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:27:01 -0600
- I know of a shop that burned taking 14 cars (including an E-type, an S1 Europa and a later Elite with Rover V-8 power) after grinding sparks went through a gap in sheetrock and ignited wall insulatio
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00236.html (8,312 bytes)
- 6. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 21:15:02 -0800
- Yeah, I'm probably being overly cautious, but it's a question that has crossed mind. I keep the solvent tank closed and covered when not in use and I've built an enclosure for welding, but it doesn't
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00258.html (9,717 bytes)
- 7. RE: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald J. Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:46:30 -0500
- Gordon if you are using a "proper" solvent in your tank, like Safety Clean, you shouldn't have to worry. You can plunge a lit match in it and it will put the match out. Be careful not to keep a propa
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00260.html (7,491 bytes)
- 8. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:48:46 -0600
- open-flame propane That probably And there were folks who told me I was wasting money on a direct-vent heater. I should save some bucks with a used conventional furnace. I don't think so. My gas fla
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00261.html (7,880 bytes)
- 9. RE: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:27:16 -0800
- This is not really a good test of how flammable something is... You can do the same thing with gasoline. Try it sometime - outside, small quantity, just in case.. It not actually the liquid that burn
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00262.html (7,835 bytes)
- 10. Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:55:00 -0500
- I have about eight feet, but I close the lid on the solvent tank when welding or grinding. Actually, I keep it closed unless I'm actually using the tank. I went down to the fire department and asked
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00270.html (8,443 bytes)
- 11. RE: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 20:38:00 -0500
- And this proves...? You can so the same with gasoline.
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00272.html (7,477 bytes)
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