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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 == Curtains ==
-The curtains are meant to protect the other Makers while someone is welding inside of the enclosure. Two (black) are made of non-flammable cotton fabric ''(Bühnenmolton B1, 300 g/m²)'' and can be placed close to the welding process if needed. The third one (red) is transparent and should cover the entrance of the entire enclosure whenever someone is welding to protect other people from UV.
+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 ==
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 === Improvement Ideas ===
-* the black "add-on" curtains (currently under the wide red workbench) could get a more or less fixed rail system in the near future based on their actual use
+* 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 brought the sturdy green steel table (formerly a DIY [[Table Saw|table saw]]) out of the metal workshop and welded 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 probably stay outside in the long term), we welded two coasters to its base so you can roll it around when one side is lifted.
+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 ;-)