The "Colossus" project

[Lee1977 7,432]

7 hours ago, Stormin said:

 Many years ago in the UK, welders were entitled to a pint of milk a day, to wash the fume deposits down.

They must have been welding galvanized it will poison you, milk is an antidote for the poison.

[Stormin 9,986]

1 hour ago, Lee1977 said:

They must have been welding galvanized it will poison you, milk is an antidote for the poison.

 

I agree with the galvanised steel. Nasty, toxic fumes when burnt.  It should always been cleaned off before welding. But milk was given no matter what you were welding.

[bc.gold 3,406]

Metal fever, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_fever

 

Exposure has also been reported in use of lead-free ammunition, by the harder steel core stripping metal from the jacket of the bullet and barrel of the rifle

Edited April 28, 2020 by bcgold

[bc.gold 3,406]

45 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 

I agree with the galvanised steel. Nasty, toxic fumes when burnt.  It should always been cleaned off before welding. But milk was given no matter what you were welding.

 

Drinking milk was something the employer concocted as a story to make you feel better, in reality it has no medicinal property's.

[Stormin 9,986]

7 hours ago, bcgold said:

 

Drinking milk was something the employer concocted as a story to make you feel better, in reality it has no medicinal property's.

 

True. But I think it was something the unions requested.

[Cvans 1,009]

8 hours ago, bcgold said:

Drinking milk was something the employer concocted as a story to make you feel better, in reality it has no medicinal property's.

There is no substitute for proper ventilation. Keep you and your helmet out of the smoke stream and if possible wear a mask. 

 

[Lee1977 7,432]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

I've read and been told multiple times that welding on galvanized steel is not an option without fresh air system.

It's kindly like welding on a gas tank,  it can be done.  Best option is just don't do it. 

[bc.gold 3,406]

13 hours ago, Cvans said:

There is no substitute for proper ventilation. Keep you and your helmet out of the smoke stream and if possible wear a mask. 

 

 

I once worked for a wood preservative company, the first job they had me do was replacing the tracks inside one of the large pressure cylinders the held large cars full of lumber rolled into.

 

The tracks were worn and had to be cut out with new ones welded in place, chemical residues left a film on the inside which became air born with the welding fumes.

 

I got sicker than a dog that ate rat poison, foreman told me to drink milk.

 

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is a wood preservative containing compounds of chromium, ... arsenate; Copper(II) arsenate · Copper(I) cyanide · Cryolite · Diatomaceous earth · Lead hydrogen arsenate · Paris Green · Scheele's Green.

 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2020 by bcgold

[Cvans 1,009]

1 hour ago, Lee1977 said:

It's kindly like welding on a gas tank,  it can be done.  Best option is just don't do it. 

Spoil sport. You trying to put the news services, emergency services, and funeral homes out of work??? 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Cvans

[Cvans 1,009]

6 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Well good afternoon everyone. In today's news from Idaho... the dull boom we heard this afternoon was explained as some fool in Hiram Maine trying to weld on something he shouldn't have been. More at 6 pm.

 

I love it!!!!!  That probably explains the bright light in the sky here in South Dakota. 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Cvans

[posifour11 723]

3 hours ago, Cvans said:

 

I love it!!!!!  That probably explains the bright light in the sky here in South Dakota. 

Nah! That was the so-called UFO that people talk about the Pentagon putting out. 

[Cvans 1,009]

How big is the shaft on your engine. That looks big.