>Leave the window open
Unless there's a huge breeze that won't work for argon, which is the usual TIG gas. It's heavier than air, so if you use too much or have a leak you can fill up the bottom of your work area, which is fine until you drop something and it rolls under the workbench and you go crawling around reaching for it, breathing in this odorless gas that causes no discomfort if you breathe a strong enough concentration, you just go to sleep painlessly, and die rather quickly. Just try to avoid breathing lower concentrations where you get enough oxygen to not pass out, but instead start vomiting and going into convulsions.
If you read that link up there, if someone manages to rescue you, they literally have to turn you upside down to drain the argon out of your lungs because you can't just breathe it out like smoke or whatever.
poisoned by inert gas ? poisoning requires fricking up your body chemistry, having inert gas in lungs is just suffocating
HCN gas can poison you, Argon can't.
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the fumes from the fricking welding are toxic you triple idiot
most people have the common goddamn sense to weld outside or with a fume extractor
Unless you live in an apartment the size of a bathroom and are leaving your argon running til it goes empty then there is no way you'll generate the volume of gas necessary to suffocate.
Plus all doors have like half an inch of space under them which would allow the however small amount of heavy gas to distribute itself across the whole floor of the apartment block anyway.
In a big bottle, there's like 9-10 cubic yards of gas at STP. Unless you sledgehammer the valve, you'll be fine, I've TIG welded in closed cars before and I'm only half brain dead. If you're really worried, put a box fan in your window blowing out.
>You're only flowing around 20cfm of argon when you're tig welding
That's ridiculous. A large tank (125) would last 6.25 minutes. TIG gas flow depends on factors, but is generally in the range 10 - 40 cubic feet per HOUR.
If you make a welding booth with an exhaust fan and spread a welding blanket it can certainly be done safely.
TIG shielding gas is not toxic, argon is inert. Hex chrome is toxic if doing stainless but it's easy to make or buy a fume extractor. Plenty of sanitary TIG is done indoors (restaurants etc).
Best place would be sitting (ya can't make good welds if you're not comfortable and can't get a good brace) on a stool in the bathroom with say a piece of cement board as a work surface and suitable clamps etc for workholding. Now go study on actual welding forums because PrepHole threads can never match them due to board design and ephemeral content.
>in my apartment
I mean ... there's fire.
What about toxic fumes?
Leave the window open
>Leave the window open
Unless there's a huge breeze that won't work for argon, which is the usual TIG gas. It's heavier than air, so if you use too much or have a leak you can fill up the bottom of your work area, which is fine until you drop something and it rolls under the workbench and you go crawling around reaching for it, breathing in this odorless gas that causes no discomfort if you breathe a strong enough concentration, you just go to sleep painlessly, and die rather quickly. Just try to avoid breathing lower concentrations where you get enough oxygen to not pass out, but instead start vomiting and going into convulsions.
If you read that link up there, if someone manages to rescue you, they literally have to turn you upside down to drain the argon out of your lungs because you can't just breathe it out like smoke or whatever.
So dying from argon is better than just being poisoned by it?
Brutal
poisoned by inert gas ? poisoning requires fricking up your body chemistry, having inert gas in lungs is just suffocating
HCN gas can poison you, Argon can't.
the fumes from the fricking welding are toxic you triple idiot
most people have the common goddamn sense to weld outside or with a fume extractor
Unless you live in an apartment the size of a bathroom and are leaving your argon running til it goes empty then there is no way you'll generate the volume of gas necessary to suffocate.
Plus all doors have like half an inch of space under them which would allow the however small amount of heavy gas to distribute itself across the whole floor of the apartment block anyway.
Lots of people TIG weld in their bathtub.
Shit happens
Just waffle stomp it down the drain.
>toxic
I'd be more worried about the inert.
Just hold your breath. What are you a pussy?
Put a fan in the window and lay a fiberglass blanket on the floor to protect against sparks.
yeah, sorta
https://weldersmanual.com/tig-welding-indoors-is-it-safe/
No but you'll probably do it anyway.
In a big bottle, there's like 9-10 cubic yards of gas at STP. Unless you sledgehammer the valve, you'll be fine, I've TIG welded in closed cars before and I'm only half brain dead. If you're really worried, put a box fan in your window blowing out.
Yes. The israelite fears the based apartment tig welder.
Captcha 24xss
>SS
I weld in my bathroom (master's bathroom I use as workshop bcuz I'm apartment-cuck). Just crack open a window and blow a fan.
Damn
you got upstairs neighbors? fumes dude
You're only flowing around 20cfm of argon when you're tig welding, it would take a lot of welding to suffocate yourself.
>You're only flowing around 20cfm of argon when you're tig welding
That's ridiculous. A large tank (125) would last 6.25 minutes. TIG gas flow depends on factors, but is generally in the range 10 - 40 cubic feet per HOUR.
Yes it's CFH not cfm, I mistyped that
No. I hope this is bait.
Why not?
fumes are toxic, will stick to everything permeable and your house will smell like an electrical fire forever
UV light produced will bleach everything in your house, minus the shadows
If you make a welding booth with an exhaust fan and spread a welding blanket it can certainly be done safely.
TIG shielding gas is not toxic, argon is inert. Hex chrome is toxic if doing stainless but it's easy to make or buy a fume extractor. Plenty of sanitary TIG is done indoors (restaurants etc).
Best place would be sitting (ya can't make good welds if you're not comfortable and can't get a good brace) on a stool in the bathroom with say a piece of cement board as a work surface and suitable clamps etc for workholding. Now go study on actual welding forums because PrepHole threads can never match them due to board design and ephemeral content.
Make sure the windows are closed. Wind can cause non-uniform heat distribution.
It's 3am and all you can hear through the paper thing walls are ting ting ting BBBBBRRRRRRRZZZZRRRRRRZZZZRTTRRRRZZZZRRRRR
No.
The shrinking gas will kill you and you'll burn the place down.
If you have to ask, that is.
Now if you DIDN'T have to ask then you would know how not to die.
Beware of flux core, the smoke is pure poison.
>is it safe to tig weld in my apartment?
NO