[TheForge] tig setup- health hazard?

[Andy Vida]

Gladish Family wrote:
> 
> OK, so I'm setting up the torch and there's a note on the manual that
> thoriated consumables constitute a health risk because the dust from
> sharpening them is radioactive.

	You can get non-thoriated electrodes.

	Anything that is radioactive you don't really want in your
	body.

> Is anybody worried about this?

	Just get the other electrodes.  I don't mess with alpha
	emitters.  The materials used in smoke detectors are
	strong enough to burn your skin with relatively small
	contact.  Life is hazardous enough, why push your luck?