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Re:Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown? by elihu on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:43PM (#23595658)
TIG is fun. I've been learning to weld aluminum recently, with no prior welding experience. Mostly from watching YouTube, but I've gotten a bit of advice from random people I know who know how to weld.
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Re:Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown? by xfan009 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @08:33PM (#23596461)
Aluminium welding is somewhat hazardous to my understanding. If I remember from talking with a metal smith in my family, it can give off some pretty noxious fumes. Apparently it can even yield Arsenic and Florine fumes (CDC website mentioned those, among others). Again, if I recall correctly, something like a full-face P100 acid-gas mask is usually enough.
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