How much fumeage?

[sportbike]

Not a good idea to weld in your house at all, other than for a repair on something that is actually attached to your house, or for something lime jewelery making or something extremely small and hobby like.

In a basement with a concrete floor could be a different story, with some precautions taken.

Not worth the risk.

[Jake98]

Floor is porcelain. I can't wreck it, but if I do, I have a couple hundred feet of it left. Just talking practice welding here.

[hooda]

One member on this forum welds in his basement. I know because I remember the feeling of my eyebrows raising when I read the thread. I would surmise that if you were to set up RIGHT on your rangetop, and the hood actually vents OUTSIDE, then get a 6" duct booster from the local big-box hardware for $20.00, along with some flexible duct and run that out the window as a bottom draft, you'd be good to go. Use a piece of 10-gage or so steel for a "table-top to protect the stovetop, some 18 gage to make some sides, Heck, your kitchen would look like a mini-technical college. Get the significant other a librarian outfit and the picture is complete, a proper learning environment!!

[Jake98]

I have a 600 sf adult playroom here, high ceilings, 8' doors, no need to use the stove. Just need to lose a set of drums and I'm good to go. I like the librarian outfit idea tho.
Wonder if I could send the smoke up the woodstove chimney? (see, if you insist on worrying, I'll come up with a good reason..)

[Jake98]

What's a 16ga. top gonna cost me,30x80 with an edge bent down?

[Mike J]

I like the librarian outfit idea tho.

Hmmm.....

[KSmith]

if memory is correct, my local metal shop sells a 4'x8' (48" x 96") 16gauge sheet for about $80. Bent down edges - no big deal.

maybe I shouldn't quote a price on a questionable memory...now questioning if it was $80 for a half sheet of 4x10'...that would be just 48x60". Probably depends on location too.

[Jake98]

There's a good sized local yard (R. S. Phillips) that has everything, I'll get them to make it up. They should have that non-galv. right? Hot rolled? I'll get them to cut the excess from the sheet for a 'back-splash'. The gauge doesn't much matter, I'll put a piece of plate where I'm working. (oops, 'practicing'..)

[sydneysdad]

fire extinguisher....

[Jake98]

fire extinguisher....

do they have an emoticon for that??