This is an Australian article. In the case in question, apparently the people in the know can tell the difference between a cancer from welding fume and a cancer from cigarettes. I would however, no matter what country you live in, find the best protection you can do what ever you can to get it. I ...

Not all Federal Regulation requires a legislative bill to be enacted. OSHA, EPA and other agencies have within their discretion, to create and impose new regulations without much process. I didn't realize they could do that, and I don't know if it's right or wrong...but imposing regulations has a h...

Not sure about a bill but I do know that it was the IARC (International Agency for The Research on Cancer) that did the research and proved the link between fume and cancer. Somehow I got the impression it was going to be a federal regulation, and I thought if that was so congress would need to vot...

Does anyone have a link to the bill that is being proposed?

Who is the senator that proposed it? Wouldn't surprise me if it was Cali, we have some doozy senators...the got a lobotomy before heading to congress.

Anyone have a link? I was just trying to google but couldn't find anything.

Alan

I’m not an everlast owner, but from what I’ve read around here. You have a 80% chance ( just my personal guess) of being very satisfied with an everlast purchase. I’ve had Miller welders die on me so I’m open to the possibilities that off brand being an acceptable risk if your not in a situation wh...

tungstendipper wrote:Do you like his podcasts? His videos are 10Xs better.

True, but I sometimes find myself waiting for or eating lunch or having to wait for something in a store, podcast doesn't chew my phone battery up like streaming video.

Cheers,
Alan

I like to have it clean to get a good ground between the work and table, be it third hand or clamped to the table. I like to ground the piece I'm working on, if possible, but like to know I can ground to the table and get a good ground on the work. As far as rust, spray Boeshield T-9, it's a rust pr...

Quick healing to 'ya TD!

Cheers,
Alan

A good rule of thumb is never use a rod that's thicker than the metal to be welded. Just to point out that you can get 1/16" E6011 electrodes to give that much more flexibility. I will add a disclaimer to this. On this website it shows a pic from the manufacturer that says "Made in USA&qu...

A good rule of thumb is never use a rod that's thicker than the metal to be welded. Just to point out that you can get 1/16" E6011 electrodes to give that much more flexibility. I will add a disclaimer to this. On this website it shows a pic from the manufacturer that says "Made in USA&qu...