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Wow I’m glad you said that. I was thinking of doing some hobby welding and I’m the exact kind of fool that would think I can jump in and do this without knowin

• mikewarot 2y ago
  I was quite surprised when the ventilation safety video was the first part of the Welding class at Pumping Station One in Chicago a decade ago. I don't mind welding hot rolled steel, but anything else is always suspect, in my book.
• lazide 2y ago
  1) taking a class or some training is a good idea, since yes you can hurt yourself. 2) it would be exceptionally difficult to hurt or even kill your self this way. More common is something like zinc poisoning (rarely fatal, easily miserable) from welding on galvanized steel, or getting uv or spatter burns, or shocking yourself (rarely fatal, often amusing!). Some things like tanks need special training. I’ve been welding for decades and have literally never heard of anyone getting chromium poisoning. 3) you’re more likely to accidentally set yourself or something else on fire (I’ve only done it once, keep a spray bottle of water around and you’ll usually be fine) Personally I figured the article was talking about generated EMF crashing some important computer systems. But it was only talking about tripping fire alarms, which someone stupidly thought didn’t need to be disabled while literally melting metal indoors with a high powered electric arc. Welding can be dangerous if you have no experience with industrial processes (aka have no idea what dangerous looks like in context), but it’s not a death wish. The only people I’ve heard having real issues were folks doing lots of welding in tight enclosed spaces without proper PPE, or welding on improperly purged fuel tanks.