Hi.
I work mostly with SS and Mild steel of 1mm sheet doing exhaust's for two strokes.
Most of the time I weld between 35 and 45 amps. Sometimes I go up to 80a.
I do them for about 4 years, I join pieces like 2hours and weld for other 2/3 on average daily on a table.
In the summer here (Portugal) temperatures go easy around 30º.
I know that strong UV (from sun) cause skin burn and long or repeated term can cause cancer.
A guy here that is full time welder of tig, bigger amps used a tshirt in a hot day and I confronted him he said he rarely got a burn/tan so he didn't mind.
So on hotter days I end up in t-shirt joining pieces and doing fast welds, or wait until night and hear a long sleeve for prolonged welding, I use some nitril gloves however, I never felt teh skin burning from welding or so even with tshirt, arms mostly hide behind gloves and don't catch the rays on the right angle I guess. I have heard even if you don't get a Tan or burn the rays it does damage the skin, even cotton long sleeve shirts let UV pass alot. So I should buy a leather jacket and maybe a hood and use it even on hot days?
I already worry alot from SS fumes and ozone so I have a fan sideways just at the distance before messing with the argon shield. And in certain situations I use gas mask.
The job is created and working, and I will probably go doing this for more years, so really bugs me if I am being secure.
Thanks
I work mostly with SS and Mild steel of 1mm sheet doing exhaust's for two strokes.
Most of the time I weld between 35 and 45 amps. Sometimes I go up to 80a.
I do them for about 4 years, I join pieces like 2hours and weld for other 2/3 on average daily on a table.
In the summer here (Portugal) temperatures go easy around 30º.
I know that strong UV (from sun) cause skin burn and long or repeated term can cause cancer.
A guy here that is full time welder of tig, bigger amps used a tshirt in a hot day and I confronted him he said he rarely got a burn/tan so he didn't mind.
So on hotter days I end up in t-shirt joining pieces and doing fast welds, or wait until night and hear a long sleeve for prolonged welding, I use some nitril gloves however, I never felt teh skin burning from welding or so even with tshirt, arms mostly hide behind gloves and don't catch the rays on the right angle I guess. I have heard even if you don't get a Tan or burn the rays it does damage the skin, even cotton long sleeve shirts let UV pass alot. So I should buy a leather jacket and maybe a hood and use it even on hot days?
I already worry alot from SS fumes and ozone so I have a fan sideways just at the distance before messing with the argon shield. And in certain situations I use gas mask.
The job is created and working, and I will probably go doing this for more years, so really bugs me if I am being secure.
Thanks