Yeah, I'm probably being overly cautious, but it's a question that has crossed
my
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 have an exhaust fan yet. My garage is
24x24 and
kinda snug - one side is reserved for the "toy" car, so with shelves and parts
storage, there's only one bay for work area. Plus it's attached to the house
and the
master bedroom is directly overhead, so I really don't want to take too many
chances.
There were a couple of guys doing bodywork and painting in the garage of a
house a
couple miles away a few years ago. It was cold, so they fired up an open-flame
propane
heater! Blew up the garage, killed them both and burned down the house. That
probably
contributed to my caution.
Richard George wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> 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, welding, grinding, etc., (the shop is in a
>garage
> underneath the house, and the fan is sufficient to create negative pressure
>in the
> garage so whatever I'm working with can't find its way into the house.
>
> the parts washer is a fair distance away from where I weld (well, as
> far away as you can get in a 20X27 shop, but it is kind of around
> a corner created by a big storage rack).
>
> Which fumes are you worried about - you want to make sure you have enough
> air changes/hour with the vent system to meet osha/industrial guidelines, and
> I found that you can get the 3M semi - disposable masks with the
> nuisance level fume/particle filters under a welding mask with no problems...
>
> rkg
> (Richard George)
>
> Gordon Glasgow wrote:
>
> > 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 fumes a concern?
> >
> > --
> > Gordon Glasgow
> > http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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