Galvo flu

[mrsbruce]

guess it's more of an adventure when you're a kid tho

No, we were all just dafter.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

No, we were all just dafter.

@mrsbruce
As already said.
Growing old is not by choice.
Growing up is.

 

[Burdekin]

No, we were all just dafter.

I helped out a welder doing some hard-facing when I was an apprentice, it was setup in a bath and we just had to change the direction when it got to the end. I didn’t have my shirt buttoned all the way up and the tradesman also had his sleeves rolled up, man we got some serious sun burn that day. Stupid, but never let it happen again at least.

 

[Brad93]

Interesting. I do a bit of mig welding but always outside. I do however do some silver soldering in the garage. I've had an irritating throat tickle for quite a while which has mysteriously disappeared together with a cough over Christmas as I went 'cold turkey' and haven't been doing anything in the garage. Could the silver soldering be the cause?

How olds the silver solder? If it’s old it’s possible it’s got cadmium in it

 

[Seadog]

How olds the silver solder? If it’s old it’s possible it’s got cadmium in it

That'll be all of the stuff I have, then. Too old to worry about it now.

 

[Brad93]

That'll be all of the stuff I have, then. Too old to worry about it now.

Cadmium is really really nasty. Highly carcinogenic.

 

[MBB]

There was a cadmium plating factory in my town, factory now closed. The men doing the plating all had sores around their mouths that never seemed to heal. Didn't seem like a good place to work on top of that the pay was minimum wages.

 

[zeppelin builder]

pah! you're all getting soft

when I was a kid I used to climb inside the galv drum of a big tripe washer and weld up the splits/cracks, crap mig gun in one had, hand held mask in the other and a hose pipe in my mouth to breath through

had to remember to breath in through the hose (mouth) and out through the nose.... easy to slip up and try to breath in/out through the hose - breath the same air in and out again

guess it's more of an adventure when you're a kid tho

when i were a lad
was given a gas welding job fusing corners on galvie steel . was great number i thought sittng on a stool concentrating like mad
no one told me that white fluffy stuff floating about and goingup me nose was deadly
went home at night and it came on shakin like a leaf and chest hurting with every breath
best avoided id say ! and watch that silver solder some of it has cadmium in it

 

[doubleboost]

How olds the silver solder? If it’s old it’s possible it’s got cadmium in it

I have some silver solder rings that came from a munitions factory (second world war)
They were for soldering the ends on to brass cases
Be about 100 mm diameter
It flows very well
I will be using it outside from now on

 

[roofman]

I have some silver solder rings that came from a munitions factory (second world war)
They were for soldering the ends on to brass cases
Be about 100 mm diameter
It flows very well
I will be using it outside from now on

Let us know if your testicles start growing abnormally...Then send me some

 

[doubleboost]

It is amazing how all the good stuff is bad for you

 

[Wallace]

Cadmium or no cadmium you made it to 2019. Happy new yearn solder on!

 

[roofman]

It is amazing how all the good stuff is bad for you

your right there John

 

[Alan Reynolds]

How olds the silver solder? If it’s old it’s possible it’s got cadmium in it

It's very old. Came from the old Belling company in Enfield Middx. My old neighbor gave me masses of it over 35 years ago. Still using that and the flux.

 

[jimbo84]

Needed to buy some silver solder the other week, nearly fell over when I saw how much it costs.

 

[Brad93]

It's very old. Came from the old Belling company in Enfield Middx. My old neighbor gave me masses of it over 35 years ago. Still using that and the flux.

Be very careful with it. Make sure you’ve got a respirator and good ventilation. It kills you in a nasty nasty way.

 

[Alan Reynolds]

Be very careful with it. Make sure you’ve got a respirator and good ventilation. It kills you in a nasty nasty way.

How long have I got?

 

[Brad93]

How long have I got?

It’s an accumulative thing or when exposed in large quantities usually.

 

[Alan Reynolds]

It’s an accumulative thing or when exposed in large quantities usually.

I made it to New Year. So fingers crossed Thanks for the warning though, I'm going to be careful from now on.

 

[Brad93]

I made it to New Year. So fingers crossed Thanks for the warning though, I'm going to be careful from now on.

No worries. Better later than never, I think about all the grinding dust and concrete dust I’ve inhaled over the years. Pretty worrying really but hopefully never an issue.