Also, for all you rookie TIG welders out there (like me) -- Even if it's 95 degrees out, don't weld in a tank top, unless you want the worst sunburn of your life. I didn't realize that the Arc was emitting huge levels of ultraviolet rays and is basically a tanning bed and did about a 2 hour practice session last summer and was absolutely COOKED. In hindsight, it was really dumb, but I thought, "There's no sparks flying out from a tig run unlike a mig run, I should be fine." Ya don't know, unless ya know.
Absolutely.. I was wearing board length shorts and was welding a large steel rack. I felt the burn on my calves after I finished the job. I was using a MIG welder and didn't realize that you could get flash burns. Now I cover up no matter how hot it is..
I did same thing burned the crap out of the inside of my left arm, I’ve been Mig welding daily for past year no problem. One long session Tig welding and I was roasted
I was taught never to leave my workshop directly after welding or grinding. Now tig welding doesn't throw sparks but the grinding does and they can smolder somewhere. I always plan so I can have 15-20 minutes cleaning up before leaving.
Thorium has a half life of about 14 billion years and is an alpha emitter .It's not radioactive enough to really be dangerous unless you breathe it or eat it. I'm much more worried about the chemical and mechanical issues associated with breathing metal dust.
Hi Dusty, one thing I don’t see a lot of welders discuss, and not sure why, but; grounding your welding table, as per the AWS requirements. I found out the hard way after getting a massive shock while TIG welding aluminum. I re-read the specs, and had my electrician install a 2nd ground to earth, which I attach to my table, and this sorted the issue immediately. Also, any other shop equipment plugged in, needs to be on a earth ground as well. I found. This out as well the hard-way....blew a few pieces of equipment because they were plugged in, and not earth grounded. I now unplug anything not in use.
Can you please explain this to me in detail a bit more, I run a home shop thing and I don't have any earth to ground whatever or second ground and now I'm worried
You mentioned in another video you were going to do one about ways to take care of our hands as welders and exercises for them would love to see that video!
How to grind tungsten, the dust is toxic. The dangers of grinders, an worse grinders with wire wheels. Clothing that protects against not only burns but UV skin damage. Good footwear when working with heavy pieces or tools. Clear area including floors; sparks can travel a long ways. High pressure gas bottle storage. Gloves for handling chemicals. Glad to hear about your fans, but would feel better if you had a squirrel cage, or similar, fan connected to a 6” diameter flexible duct. Always a balance between good ventilation and protecting the gas shield. All just additions to what you said. So glad you’re protecting your ears; I didn’t and 30 years of stupidity have resulted in huge, frustrating hearing loss. You’re the Best. Cheers, Will
Best money I ever spent was on a pair of 3m peltor ear defenders. My hearing has improved and my tinnitus has subsided. You won’t always get something in your eye but you will always hear things even if you’re not the one on the tool was a good point a guy made to me.
Dude at work claims he "had his safety glasses ON" and was grinding, caught a chunk of metal in the eye 👁had to go ER. Eye was red and swollen all week. Of coarse I have burns ALL over my hands/arms. I use same respirator. I also am not sure where I hid my fire extinguisher in home shop. Dude, my work about burnt down cpl months ago! Acetone rags piled up in a PLASTIC trash bin, they combusted while no one was there, prolly 2a.m. Anyway, be blessed man, and be safe!
im pretty sure the "dont do really cold water" thing means dont icebath it. you want to cool the area, not freeze it. because the areas burned, you might not notice the pain caused by damaging the tissue with near-freezing water. plus it'll slow down the activity of the surrounding tissues, impairing the initial healing process. when you're chilling a burn, you only want to remove the _excess_ heat energy, youre still warm blooded and the rest of your body needs to be between 37C/96F and room temp. Edit: theres also specific non-stick burn dressings and burn creams. if you spent the money to get a welding setup, buy yourself a tub of burn cream and a few dressings, you WILL thank yourself later, ask me how i know. edit 2: now that I've actually finished the video, awsome as usual Dusty, lol Edit 3: if possible, you should be cooling the burn under running water from a cold water tap. if thats not possible and you have to submerge the area in water, make sure to use as big a container of water as possible and constantly move it around to expose it to fresh, cool water i should say im not exactly an expert, but i've been burned many times and I've never had to go to the hospital (yet) because I had a fully trained nurse within earshot. everything i've written here is stuff I've had to do several times under expert instructions. That being said, none of these treatments are a magic bullet for every burn. everything here i've said is just first aid, if youve cooked your forearm to a nice medium rare, just chill it before going to the hospital. use your head and dont try to "be a man and tough it out", if it looks bad, hurts bad, or even if youre not sure, go to the hospital and get it seen to properly. your health is the most valuable asset you posess, dont squander it.
SAFETY SHOES! Wear steel toed shoes when working with heavy objects whether at home or at work. 6 weeks ago (Victoria Day) I was putting together a welding table. Didn't want to pay $2000 for a table so I was going to do it myself and it was working out well. 5 minutes away from starting to paint the frame (easily 200 lbs) and I had the frame up on milk carton crates in my. did not like the angle to attack the last welds so I started to move everything not realizing the frame was on the edge of the crates. Guess what happened next? Shattered my big toe and damaged my upper foot. Ugly. Blood. Fracture. Tissue damage. Safety shoes were at work. Not at home. Wear safety shoes and avoid going to the fracture clinic every two weeks and not getting paid at work because you are laid up.
Most of the things I wanted to add are covered by other comments already - but one thing that isn't, is don't weld galvanized steel! The zinc oxide fumes generated are very toxic - sure you *may* be ok with a respirator, but you also *may* not, so don't risk it (unless you have the training).
95% of all welding is done on Galvanised shit especially anything agriculturally related. Zinc fumes are no where near as bad as welding stainless and aluminium or heavy rust. A slight breeze and milk literally devoids it whilst gas related smoke is inescapable without a papr
Hi Dusty, Another great video 👍🏼. Can you cover the correct shade settings for welding various metals. Also reducing electric shocks, ie what you do to stop it from happening.
I really appreciate your videos! I’m in welding school now and I absolutely love TIG! You have a lot of great tips that I don’t learn in school. So thank you!!
If you have a long hose between your welding machine and argon bottle then you need to set enough time of pre-flow because when you starting there is stil quite high pressure in the hose that cause long and extremelly hot jet of plasma from your torch. That jet can burn your gloves out in milliseconds and make a tips of your fingers little crispy. )
I caught my hair on fire Michael Jackson style. Was Mig welding and got lazy and didn’t clip off the stick out, figured I’d hit the metal and it would burn off. It did but it flew up on top of my head. I noticed a searing burning feeling on my head along with burning rope smell. I had to run into bathroom and put my head under the sink. I went out and bought one of those little welding hats after that.
So yea fun thing I became a Tesla experiment at school one time because I was showing this dude how to weld aluminum without gloves, so our weld sheds had steel plates around so you can tack something up and so yea my fill rod got too close to the wall and sent an arc through my hand through the rod and arced against the wall twice. So yea wear gloves or don't touch the table
Safety comment. If you are spraying sparks whether from a grinder or torch wear Ear Protection. A Boiler maker was using an Angle Grinder. Apparently, a spark/blob bounced off of something and went right into his ear and burned a small but permanent hole in his ear drum, needless to say he lost some of his hearing. Ear protection can be anything that would cover your ears, anything except alcohol wipes. And don't wear plastic or raggedy cotton. I wore plastic sweatpants and had burn spots all over my legs and a pair of religious sweatpants. Don't wear raggedy Jeans. You should wear cotton, but I watched as a friend started their leg on fire with an angle grinders spray. It was quite entertaining.
You might add that stainless welding gives off toxic hexavalent chromium --yes, the same stuff as in the Erin Brokovich movie. Cancer-causing nastiness and more. There's a Wikipedia entry for it.
Don't get in a hurry. So many times we shortcut safety as tradesmen cause we're under the gun. Keep in under control as if you get hurt or lose a digit it won't be getting done at all.
Actually it doesn't take that much inert gas to cause a problem. Air is 21% Oxygen by volume. When the Oxygen level drops to 19.5% or lower, there is a suffocation hazard. Granted, a 19.5% Oxygen level will not cause you to pass out right away, but it can affect your mental abilities, you may become drowsy or lose your concentration. So it only takes an increase of 1.5% by volume of inert gas to cause a potential problem. Also, given how close some of us get to the torch when TIG welding, it is something to think about.
Question. I work on foundry tooling and I do a lot of welding on patterns. I have to sometimes get into deep areas that could be a 1in diameter pocket that's say 1.5inches deep. Any suggestions for cups that will allow a long enough stick out? Or is there a place where I can get a gun similar to the small pencil gun that ck makes but bigger?
You probably won't cuz I don't either🤣, but you should keep your rags separate to your bottles of solvent. I tend to keep the rag on top of the bottle I was using with it so I don't get them mixed up, but a fuming rag is much more prone to ignition from sparks than a closed bottle but once it's burning it could melt through the bottle and work as a wick, and then you're literally adding fuel to a fire...
All the company’s that make helmets and lenses have a generic chart with minimum shade for what you are doing and a max/comfort shade which is the darkest but it just depends, everyone’s eyes are different but you don’t want to go under the recommended minimum. Take care of your eyes my friend.
I could be wrong, are those not dust/sawdust filters on your mask? Should be a chemical puck. Thats just a humble glazier/VERY amature welder oppinion.
@@mopedmarathon just your regular honey. It reduces the burning pain and helps healing. Honey has great antiseptic/antibacterial qualities. Do a google for more research.
Ah the burns section .. *looks at arm* don't rest your arm on the hot end of a gas soldering iron you've just been using and have forgotten is laying there. I mean, I don't know what kind of idiot would do that .... except me.
Another very good and helpful video. Maybe said already: Watch that the power cord, ground cable, torch hose, and foot pedal cord aren't kinked and far enough away that you won't catch your foot if you need to move suddenly. Also, check that your helmet is working before getting up close.
Hello, I work in a garage located in the basement of a building. The garage is only at 20 feet of the main parking entrance fence . Do you think I need a ventillation if I tig weld steel or aluminium? Thanks
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Stunning!
Also, for all you rookie TIG welders out there (like me) -- Even if it's 95 degrees out, don't weld in a tank top, unless you want the worst sunburn of your life. I didn't realize that the Arc was emitting huge levels of ultraviolet rays and is basically a tanning bed and did about a 2 hour practice session last summer and was absolutely COOKED. In hindsight, it was really dumb, but I thought, "There's no sparks flying out from a tig run unlike a mig run, I should be fine." Ya don't know, unless ya know.
Absolutely.. I was wearing board length shorts and was welding a large steel rack. I felt the burn on my calves after I finished the job. I was using a MIG welder and didn't realize that you could get flash burns. Now I cover up no matter how hot it is..
I did same thing burned the crap out of the inside of my left arm, I’ve been Mig welding daily for past year no problem. One long session Tig welding and I was roasted
In that case put on a sunscreen sticker so you get a tattoo tan.
Thanks Dusty. I would like to see a safety video dedicated specifically to electrical safety. I've never shocked myself, but it is always a concern.
Bending a U in the last 1 cm-ish of the filler rod reduces the chance of poking an eye.
Ive been absolutely terrified of this thank you haha
If you're going to do that, close the loop, so it's not just a fancy fish hook.
I was taught never to leave my workshop directly after welding or grinding. Now tig welding doesn't throw sparks but the grinding does and they can smolder somewhere. I always plan so I can have 15-20 minutes cleaning up before leaving.
Theres a 30 minute cool down period after hot work on all ships in our shipyard!
You should talk about thoriated tungsten radioactivity and the importance of wearing a mask while grinding tungsten! The lungs burn slow.
Thorium has a half life of about 14 billion years and is an alpha emitter .It's not radioactive enough to really be dangerous unless you breathe it or eat it.
I'm much more worried about the chemical and mechanical issues associated with breathing metal dust.
Hi Dusty, one thing I don’t see a lot of welders discuss, and not sure why, but; grounding your welding table, as per the AWS requirements. I found out the hard way after getting a massive shock while TIG welding aluminum. I re-read the specs, and had my electrician install a 2nd ground to earth, which I attach to my table, and this sorted the issue immediately. Also, any other shop equipment plugged in, needs to be on a earth ground as well. I found. This out as well the hard-way....blew a few pieces of equipment because they were plugged in, and not earth grounded. I now unplug anything not in use.
Can you please explain this to me in detail a bit more, I run a home shop thing and I don't have any earth to ground whatever or second ground and now I'm worried
You mentioned in another video you were going to do one about ways to take care of our hands as welders and exercises for them would love to see that video!
How to grind tungsten, the dust is toxic. The dangers of grinders, an worse grinders with wire wheels. Clothing that protects against not only burns but UV skin damage. Good footwear when working with heavy pieces or tools. Clear area including floors; sparks can travel a long ways. High pressure gas bottle storage. Gloves for handling chemicals. Glad to hear about your fans, but would feel better if you had a squirrel cage, or similar, fan connected to a 6” diameter flexible duct. Always a balance between good ventilation and protecting the gas shield. All just additions to what you said. So glad you’re protecting your ears; I didn’t and 30 years of stupidity have resulted in huge, frustrating hearing loss. You’re the Best. Cheers, Will
Best money I ever spent was on a pair of 3m peltor ear defenders. My hearing has improved and my tinnitus has subsided. You won’t always get something in your eye but you will always hear things even if you’re not the one on the tool was a good point a guy made to me.
Dude at work claims he "had his safety glasses ON" and was grinding, caught a chunk of metal in the eye 👁had to go ER. Eye was red and swollen all week. Of coarse I have burns ALL over my hands/arms. I use same respirator. I also am not sure where I hid my fire extinguisher in home shop. Dude, my work about burnt down cpl months ago! Acetone rags piled up in a PLASTIC trash bin, they combusted while no one was there, prolly 2a.m. Anyway, be blessed man, and be safe!
im pretty sure the "dont do really cold water" thing means dont icebath it. you want to cool the area, not freeze it. because the areas burned, you might not notice the pain caused by damaging the tissue with near-freezing water. plus it'll slow down the activity of the surrounding tissues, impairing the initial healing process. when you're chilling a burn, you only want to remove the _excess_ heat energy, youre still warm blooded and the rest of your body needs to be between 37C/96F and room temp.
Edit: theres also specific non-stick burn dressings and burn creams. if you spent the money to get a welding setup, buy yourself a tub of burn cream and a few dressings, you WILL thank yourself later, ask me how i know.
edit 2: now that I've actually finished the video, awsome as usual Dusty, lol
Edit 3: if possible, you should be cooling the burn under running water from a cold water tap. if thats not possible and you have to submerge the area in water, make sure to use as big a container of water as possible and constantly move it around to expose it to fresh, cool water
i should say im not exactly an expert, but i've been burned many times and I've never had to go to the hospital (yet) because I had a fully trained nurse within earshot. everything i've written here is stuff I've had to do several times under expert instructions.
That being said, none of these treatments are a magic bullet for every burn. everything here i've said is just first aid, if youve cooked your forearm to a nice medium rare, just chill it before going to the hospital. use your head and dont try to "be a man and tough it out", if it looks bad, hurts bad, or even if youre not sure, go to the hospital and get it seen to properly. your health is the most valuable asset you posess, dont squander it.
SAFETY SHOES! Wear steel toed shoes when working with heavy objects whether at home or at work. 6 weeks ago (Victoria Day) I was putting together a welding table. Didn't want to pay $2000 for a table so I was going to do it myself and it was working out well. 5 minutes away from starting to paint the frame (easily 200 lbs) and I had the frame up on milk carton crates in my. did not like the angle to attack the last welds so I started to move everything not realizing the frame was on the edge of the crates. Guess what happened next? Shattered my big toe and damaged my upper foot. Ugly. Blood. Fracture. Tissue damage. Safety shoes were at work. Not at home. Wear safety shoes and avoid going to the fracture clinic every two weeks and not getting paid at work because you are laid up.
You should explain about the hazards of Hexavalent Chromium
Dude. U are a dang Rockstar now! People WAITING for your videos. Killer thumbnails...and off you go my man! :)
Most of the things I wanted to add are covered by other comments already - but one thing that isn't, is don't weld galvanized steel! The zinc oxide fumes generated are very toxic - sure you *may* be ok with a respirator, but you also *may* not, so don't risk it (unless you have the training).
Iv seen that white floating death a couple of times when I wasn’t expecting it from not cleaning both sides or not grinding enough off. Nasty stuff.
95% of all welding is done on Galvanised shit especially anything agriculturally related.
Zinc fumes are no where near as bad as welding stainless and aluminium or heavy rust.
A slight breeze and milk literally devoids it whilst gas related smoke is inescapable without a papr
If you start a myth that welding on galvanized steel causes you to lose your hair it will eliminate 80% of that. Who cares about dying?
Tea tree oil works amazing for for burns. And I also keep a 400lb pull magnet on hand for metal in the eye. Gets it out fast.
I near fainted when I read 400lb magnet to the eye but then I conveniently realised the eye isn't magnetic. Of course
Hi Dusty,
Another great video 👍🏼.
Can you cover the correct shade settings for welding various metals. Also reducing electric shocks, ie what you do to stop it from happening.
I really appreciate your videos! I’m in welding school now and I absolutely love TIG! You have a lot of great tips that I don’t learn in school.
So thank you!!
Can't wait to watch the premier!
If you have a long hose between your welding machine and argon bottle then you need to set enough time of pre-flow because when you starting there is stil quite high pressure in the hose that cause long and extremelly hot jet of plasma from your torch. That jet can burn your gloves out in milliseconds and make a tips of your fingers little crispy. )
Your meme game is strong, D. Great edits for good laughs keep it entertaining!
You rock Dusty! Great tips and like the video editing.
When you finish a weld, move your foot OFF the pedal! NOT a good place to rest your foot.
You can't beat a good old hot tungsten in the leg! 😂
Filler rod end is as same hot and it also hurts!
I've definitely caught an acetone rag on fire a few times....
In England the basic thing is put a burn under cold running water for 15 minutes, love peace and God bless you from me to you all ❤
I caught my hair on fire Michael Jackson style. Was Mig welding and got lazy and didn’t clip off the stick out, figured I’d hit the metal and it would burn off. It did but it flew up on top of my head. I noticed a searing burning feeling on my head along with burning rope smell. I had to run into bathroom and put my head under the sink. I went out and bought one of those little welding hats after that.
Floor clutter and tank restraint I think are # 1 & 2
Great advice Dusty.
So yea fun thing I became a Tesla experiment at school one time because I was showing this dude how to weld aluminum without gloves, so our weld sheds had steel plates around so you can tack something up and so yea my fill rod got too close to the wall and sent an arc through my hand through the rod and arced against the wall twice. So yea wear gloves or don't touch the table
Don’t keep your foot on the pedal when doing a dry/cold run… some pedals are sensitive and you can flash yourself. Done this a few times lmao
Nice thumbnail 👌👍👏
Safety comment.
If you are spraying sparks whether from a grinder or torch wear Ear Protection. A Boiler maker was using an Angle Grinder. Apparently, a spark/blob bounced off of something and went right into his ear and burned a small but permanent hole in his ear drum, needless to say he lost some of his hearing.
Ear protection can be anything that would cover your ears, anything except alcohol wipes.
And don't wear plastic or raggedy cotton. I wore plastic sweatpants and had burn spots all over my legs and a pair of religious sweatpants.
Don't wear raggedy Jeans. You should wear cotton, but I watched as a friend started their leg on fire with an angle grinders spray. It was quite entertaining.
Red high temp R.T.V silicone gasket maker for glove repairs
What about getting shocked from a stratch start tig welder when you inside a stainless steel tank lol
You might add that stainless welding gives off toxic hexavalent chromium --yes, the same stuff as in the Erin Brokovich movie. Cancer-causing nastiness and more. There's a Wikipedia entry for it.
Great video and advice Thankyou 👍👍
Don't get in a hurry. So many times we shortcut safety as tradesmen cause we're under the gun. Keep in under control as if you get hurt or lose a digit it won't be getting done at all.
As always love watching your videos! Great video we always pretty much need to be reminded !!!! Especially old guys like me!!! hahaha
What I have always done, be it with mig or tig is when I cut the wire, it's always pointed away and in a safe direction and I always close my eyes
another great video, thanks pal
Can’t wait
Super 👍
Awesome 👍🏻 👍🏻👍🏻
Good video man !
Actually it doesn't take that much inert gas to cause a problem. Air is 21% Oxygen by volume. When the Oxygen level drops to 19.5% or lower, there is a suffocation hazard. Granted, a 19.5% Oxygen level will not cause you to pass out right away, but it can affect your mental abilities, you may become drowsy or lose your concentration. So it only takes an increase of 1.5% by volume of inert gas to cause a potential problem. Also, given how close some of us get to the torch when TIG welding, it is something to think about.
Question.
I work on foundry tooling and I do a lot of welding on patterns. I have to sometimes get into deep areas that could be a 1in diameter pocket that's say 1.5inches deep.
Any suggestions for cups that will allow a long enough stick out? Or is there a place where I can get a gun similar to the small pencil gun that ck makes but bigger?
You probably won't cuz I don't either🤣, but you should keep your rags separate to your bottles of solvent.
I tend to keep the rag on top of the bottle I was using with it so I don't get them mixed up, but a fuming rag is much more prone to ignition from sparks than a closed bottle but once it's burning it could melt through the bottle and work as a wick, and then you're literally adding fuel to a fire...
Proper lens shade for the particular type of welding your doing?
All the company’s that make helmets and lenses have a generic chart with minimum shade for what you are doing and a max/comfort shade which is the darkest but it just depends, everyone’s eyes are different but you don’t want to go under the recommended minimum. Take care of your eyes my friend.
I use everlast 252sti
How do I get info about your on class
Is welding that close to an acetone bottle safe? See 3:53
I could be wrong, are those not dust/sawdust filters on your mask? Should be a chemical puck. Thats just a humble glazier/VERY amature welder oppinion.
Hello, what is the best welding school in Vancouver
Honey is a great remedy for burns.
No way I would never have considered that. Is it any honey or a specific type?
@@mopedmarathon just your regular honey. It reduces the burning pain and helps healing. Honey has great antiseptic/antibacterial qualities. Do a google for more research.
Uv radiation, do not underestimate its burn and skin damage potential
Ah the burns section .. *looks at arm* don't rest your arm on the hot end of a gas soldering iron you've just been using and have forgotten is laying there. I mean, I don't know what kind of idiot would do that .... except me.
Mad dads fried got his arm ripped off by an engine lathe
It's not wise to upset a Wookiee...
Don’t wear crocs while welding 😂
super glue hole in gloves, leaves a little hard spot but lasts for ever
I'd thumbs up this video on the thumbnail alone 🤣. Great vid too though. Thanks for reminding me about my fire extinguisher 😏. Cheers!
Another very good and helpful video.
Maybe said already: Watch that the power cord, ground cable, torch hose, and foot pedal cord aren't kinked and far enough away that you won't catch your foot if you need to move suddenly.
Also, check that your helmet is working before getting up close.
Hello, I work in a garage located in the basement of a building. The garage is only at 20 feet of the main parking entrance fence . Do you think I need a ventillation if I tig weld steel or aluminium?
Thanks