[hackerspaces] Soldering and safety?

[Pete Prodoehl]

At a minimum, a well-ventilated area should be used, add in a small fan 
to blow the fumes away from your face and that should do.

If it's a simple intro class, people learning won't be spending hours 
soldering, will they?


Pete


On 5/15/13 10:52 AM, dosman wrote:
> The smoke is from the rosin core so it's not like it's lead smoke, although that doesn't mean it's not harmful in any way. The fume extractors are just a pleasantry to keep smoke out of your eyes, I highly doubt they have any actual health benefit as they don't have HEPA filters in them. But if they help and make people feel better then there's nothing wrong with them.
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> -dosman
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> On May 15, 2013, at 11:14 AM, David Brightbill wrote:
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>> I'm a safety-third kind of guy in my personal life but as a board member of a space, I worry about liability etc.  Recently, during a soldering class, the topic of soldering fume extractors came up.  What's the take on these?  Should we buy or make some, or is this overkill for the application?
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