[Jewelry making - Article 00778] - Re: [Orchid] Venting a torch for a classroom

[Jim Zimmerman]

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Hi All,

    I would warn of something else rather than the fume problem, which
    is a real consern. 

    When I was in High School some 35 years ago, I went to my first
    jewellery class. We were not worried or even aware of any fume
    problems then. Let alone what actually happened. 

    This was the day of the big hair and nylon blouses for girls. There
    actully were three girls to every guy. The soldering stations were
    shoulder to shoulder even for high school kids. I think there were
    ten spots. One guy was solder a knot ring right next to a girl doing
    the same thing. 

    He finished his solder at looked at it while holding the light torch
    to the girls elbow. To make thing worse she was wearing a shear
    nylon blouse. She looked very cute in it also by the way.Well, when
    you heat nylon it doesn't burn right away. It becomes a super heated
    plastic mass. Which stuck to the girl skin. The was about the size
    of a half dollar. 

    This perfect girl was scarred for life. So be really carefull putting
    your soldering booth in a confined space. You have more than fumes to
    be worried about. I don't know about confining a turch room unless
    you have a really expensive exhast system. You might be better just
    putting up a short wall. 

Jim
Jim Zimmerman
Alpine Custom Jewellers & Repair
http://www.handengravingcanada.com
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