Welding Area: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:38, 28 January 2025

We have set up a ventilated welding area in the "hot" section of our metal workshop.

Curtains

The curtains are meant to protect the other Makers while someone is welding inside of the enclosure. The red transparent curtain MUST cover the entrance of the entire enclosure whenever someone is welding to protect other people from UV.

PPE Locker

Inside the enclosure is a locker with Welding Gloves, Welding Helmets, a leather apron and welding jackets. Store them inside the locker to keep them clean.

Improvement Ideas

one or two "add-on" curtains from non-flammable cotton fabric (Bühnenmolton B1, 300 g/m²) would be nice to be placed close to the welding process if needed (i.e. additional people want to use the enclosure). The ones from our first location unfortunately caught mold and had to be discarded.
- we could add a more or less fixed rail system as a next step.

Welding Table

We took a sturdy green steel table (formerly a DIY table saw) and welded a vise to it.

For ease of transport (although it should usually stay right under the fume hood), we welded two coasters to its base so you can roll it around when one side is lifted.

This is not a proper welding workbench, but the best we have at the moment. As always, improvements are very welcome ;-)

Machines

Welding Transformer

Other Tools

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-We [https://github.com/comakingspace/do-something/issues/10 issue are currently working on] a welding area outside behind the [[Metal Workshop|metal workshop]].
+[[File:welding enclosure - outside.JPG|thumb|right|outside]]
+[[File:welding enclosure - inside.JPG|thumb|right|inside (as of Oct 2023)]]
+We [https://github.com/comakingspace/do-something/issues/199 have set up a ventilated welding area] in the "hot" section of our [[Metal Workshop|metal workshop]].
 == Curtains ==
-The curtains are meant to protect the other Makers while someone is welding inside of the enclosure. Two are made of non-flammable fibreglass fabric and can be close to the welding process, a third one is transparent and should be in the back of the welder, away from the workpiece.
+The curtains are meant to protect the other Makers while someone is welding inside of the enclosure. The red transparent curtain MUST cover the entrance of the entire enclosure whenever someone is welding to protect other people from UV.
-We want to hang the curtains from a steel cable that is held up by rods at two points and the wall another two, forming a square of about 2{{x}}2 m. The steel cable is much longer than currently needed.
+== PPE Locker ==
+Inside the enclosure is a locker with [[Welding Gloves]], [[Welding Helmets]], a leather apron and welding jackets. Store them inside the locker to keep them clean.
-If a future project requires more space, we should be able to add more rods and curtains rather easily!
+=== Improvement Ideas ===
+* one or two "add-on" curtains from non-flammable cotton fabric ''(Bühnenmolton B1, 300 g/m²)'' would be nice to be placed close to the welding process if needed (i.e. additional people want to use the enclosure). The ones from our first location unfortunately caught mold and had to be discarded.
+** we could add a more or less fixed rail system as a next step.
 == Welding Table ==
-Once the curtains are completed, we can bring a sturdy steel table out of the metal workshop and perhaps weld a [[vise]] to it.
+We took a sturdy green steel table (formerly a DIY [[Table Saw|table saw]]) and welded a [[vise]] to it.
+For ease of transport (although it should usually stay right under the fume hood), we welded two coasters to its base so you can roll it around when one side is lifted.
+This is '''not''' a proper welding workbench, but the best we have at the moment. As always, improvements are very welcome ;-)
+{{EquipmentGallery
+|machines=yes
+|tools=yes}}
+[[Location::Metal Workshop| ]]
 [[Category:Facilities]]
 [[Category:Welding]]