Saturday, 5 November 2011

Setting Up a Welding Shop

!: Setting Up a Welding Shop

Sooner or later if you run an auto shop you will need to weld something. At first, you may just find a place on the concrete safely away from flammable materials and other people. Once outside you can set up your arc welder choose one of your favorite welding helmets and start welding. But eventually, it may become necessary to set up a dedicated area as a welding shop. There are many advantages to having a dedicated welding shop. Some welding processes are simply not suited to outside work. For example, gas metal and gas tungsten require surrounding air to be still. This is because the shielding gas can be blown away. Arc welding should only be done in dry areas and away from the rain due to the electric shock hazard. Another reason is the outside temperature. Cold metals do not weld as well as metal at 70 degrees F. Welding is a dangerous activity and your surroundings should be as controlled as possible. Use a welding machine in the outdoors leaves too many variables and welding right in the middle of your auto shop is just too dangerous.

During the welding process sparks and bits of slag can scatter up to 40 feet from the area of welding. This can cause damage to people and create a fire hazard. In your welding shop you build a metal table to do your welding on and stay away from wood or other materials that can catch fire. The welding shop should be in an area that is well ventilated. Welding can generate dangerous gases that need to be removed from the room and smoke as well. Also, bright overhead light needs to be set up and aimed over your welding table. If your auto shop has an extra room with cinder block walls and a concrete floor, you are in luck. This will make an ideal place for your welding shop. You want to avoid any surface that can be damaged or set on fire by sparks and hot slag.

Once you have your room set up correctly, various power tools will be needed as well as your welding accessories. Power tools such as a reciprocating saw, angle grinder, portable band saw, and a chop saw will come in handy during your welding projects. An angle grinder is ideal for removing excess slag and cleaning up rough edges on metal. Specific tools for working on metal will be needed as well. These include metal brakes and metal benders that are available for all sizes of metal. Other suggested tools are magnetic clamp, center punch, metal file, C-clamp, corner clamp, cold chisel, ball peen hammer and a hacksaw. This not a complete list but is generally a good place to start. The list of tools you can use in welding is almost endless and you will constantly discover new tools that you will need as you become more advanced in the art of welding.

Setting up a welding shop is really about common sense more than technical know how. Neophytes to welding are quick to forget about the extreme temperatures needed in the welding process and therefore do not realize the fire hazard of a welding area. If you are more experienced, it is fairly obvious that carpet in your welding shop is not a good idea. A good welding shop not only protects the welder and aids in good welding but it protects the other people in your auto shop by not exposing them to hot sparks and blinding light.


Setting Up a Welding Shop

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Sunday, 23 October 2011

Protection on the Go - A Fire Safe's Benefits Outside the Office

!: Protection on the Go - A Fire Safe's Benefits Outside the Office

Mention the term "fire safe" and images of a traditional, upright massive steel contraption installed permanently inside an office ordinarily springs to mind. Modern needs, however, have given birth to modern conveniences such a portable fire chest, which can hold everything from valuable documents to important computer media like optical drives and USB sticks. Business people are now mobile, travelling from one workplace or another, meeting clients, visiting worksites, bringing home work from the office, and so on. With all the things that can go wrong when one is traveling, they need a move-anywhere fire safe which can guarantee them protection for their valuables and, in some cases, from theft.

The value of a portable, fire-resistant container cannot be denied during travel. Box-file models are perfect for those who need to be mobile, yet still require a compact fire-resistant container for use in the office or the home able to hold numerous documents or files. To maximise storage capacity, box-file models are designed to hold hanging files. Aside from the typical box-like design there is also a fire safe which has a briefcase-like design, with a carry handle on the side for convenience. These models, in contrast, can hold up to 3.5 inches of A4 to A5 paper laid flat, depending on the model. What's more, briefcase-like types come in various sizes: internal dimensions can vary from 89 x 305 x 191mm (HxWxD) for one with a 5.2Ltr capacity to 284 x 375 x 342mm for one with a 36.4Ltr capacity.

Another important innovation in fire safe design is the USB data fire box. Although, suitable for both home and business use, the benefits of this container has been discovered by those who need to constantly travel carrying with them important digital info, such as those in CDs or DVDs, memory sticks, iPods, small digital cameras, and so on. This fire box features a USB connector which allows one to back-up to a portable hard drive without taking it out of the fire safe. With up to half an hour of fire protection and waterproof, USB data fire boxes are indispensable in today's digital era.

Sensitive, valuable information is not solely restricted to storage in a USB stick or other memory devices. Smaller, lightweight, and more powerful than ever, laptops are now used for client presentations, record-keeping, reports, and the like. Any businessperson who has lost a laptop, or had a desktop computer crash, taking along every bit of valuable data with it, realises the importance of keeping these vital devices protected. When travelling, or even just in the daily trips to and from the office, a laptop box can be your best friend. The 3040DE digital security laptop box by Honeywell, for instance, is perfect protecting a 17" laptop from being stolen from a vehicle. It has a double steel wall and a 1200mm securing cable to keep the laptop safe.

Accidents, by their very definition, are something that no one can predict. Hence, it is a good idea to have valuable business papers and sensitive information contained in media files protected from fires or water-damage using a portable fire safe.


Protection on the Go - A Fire Safe's Benefits Outside the Office

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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Paragon Lock & Safe Quarter Master 7750 Digital Keypad Deluxe Home Office Security Wall Safe By Paragon Lock & Safe

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Sunday, 16 October 2011

SentrySafe HD4100 FIRE-SAFE Waterproof File, 0.65 Cubic Feet, Silver Gray

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