[TheForge] tig setup- health hazard?

[Gladish Family]

yeah, I just don't know how all this works, and why the most common
electrode would be the radioactive one, and whether the other ones work as
well, etc.
Thanks for the comment, and happy traveling.
Andy G.

 No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical. -Niels Bohr

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> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:46 AM
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> 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?
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