I found a relatively square 3/16" plate at home, and made this mini welding table, to be held in vise. It is very small and for use only to weld small things. It is, however, placed nicely on the right height level, when mounted in a vise.
I decide to NOT use the cadmium plated plate for welding due to health hazards (after Roy's post I googled for cadmium welding and found some unpleasant facts).
========= zinc is not much better -- google on "zinc fever" or goto
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As far as I understand, zinc is a lot better than cadmium, though zinc fumes are nasty to some people too. (not to all people) I welded a few galvanized things and, with exception of one dubious case, did not have zinc fever. They were not large welding jobs, though. Like welding those casters to my crane legs, for instance. After one instance I was not feeling too well, but that happens for other reasons also sometimes.
Cadmius fumes are very deadly, it is a heavy metal.
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Iron to is a heavy metal.
Nick
The body uses iron and can dissolve it. Cadmium is foreign and poison to the body.
I know lots of lathe and metal workers that have metal slivers in the face and hands. This doesn't kill them - but I have heard that motorcycle repair people had CAD issues as they constantly touched the pretty bolts on cycles. Rubber gloves helps prevent that.
Some of the odd this and that in steel does also hurt mankind but we need molly ourselves.
Martin
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