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spaco

22/06/2007 8:32 PM

Welding Plexiglass

It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.

Pete Stanaitis
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RicodJour

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

22/06/2007 7:16 PM

On Jun 22, 9:32 pm, spaco <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.

When I worked in an architectural model shop, we used acetone.
Probably a lot easier to get than either ether or chloroform.

R

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RicodJour

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 12:50 PM

On Jun 23, 10:17 am, [email protected] (Peter Ashby) wrote:
> Edwin Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
> > so.
>
> Exactly, an MSDS functions largely to indemnify the
> manufacturer/supplier/employer.

Have you ever read the disclaimers at the end of an MSDS? It
basically says, we believe this information to be true, but we are in
no way responsible for anyone relying on the information contained
herein. Comforting, no?

Maybe I'll revise my contract...
Price not to exceed $XXXXX, unless I feel like increasing the amount
without providing an explanation.

R

Rd

Robatoy

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 1:33 PM

On Jun 23, 11:06 am, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >MEK is dangerous,
>
> So's my Harley. Life's that way sometimes.

Now I know why your replies are always so short, CW... you're out of
breath from pushing that Harley!

<it's joke, dammit>

IB

Ioan Barladeanu

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

28/06/2007 5:35 AM

On Jun 24, 11:41 am, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
<mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote:
> asmurff wrote:
> > Don't ether and chloroform both put you to sleep?
> >> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.
>
> Hell, yes. That stuff is dangerous!
>
> --
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN
> mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

What ? Sleep ? :P

pP

[email protected] (Peter Ashby)

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 2:17 PM

Edwin Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > MEK is dangerous, VENTILATION and the MSDS are needed.
>
> Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
> so.

Exactly, an MSDS functions largely to indemnify the
manufacturer/supplier/employer. In science you get problems with jumping
through ridiculous hoops when handling miniscule quantities of things
once in a blue moon yet you have to work as though you are pouring 44
gallon drums of it around 24/7. Of course half the problem is these
things often get enforced by administrators who do not have the
requisite understanding.

/rant over. ;-)

Peter
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pP

[email protected] (Peter Ashby)

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 8:16 PM

RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jun 23, 10:17 am, [email protected] (Peter Ashby) wrote:
> > Edwin Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it
> > > less so.
> >
> > Exactly, an MSDS functions largely to indemnify the
> > manufacturer/supplier/employer.
>
> Have you ever read the disclaimers at the end of an MSDS? It
> basically says, we believe this information to be true, but we are in
> no way responsible for anyone relying on the information contained
> herein. Comforting, no?

Ah that's just legal futureproofing. Means their legal eagle's family
got to eat. Awww.

Peter
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www.the-brights.net

BA

B A R R Y

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 11:57 PM

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:36:16 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
>so.
>

I duct tape my MSDS sheets over my face. The sheet protects my eyes
and my lungs. One time, I fell down the stairs, 'cause the sheet was
over my eyes.


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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 4:39 AM

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> MEK is dangerous, VENTILATION and the MSDS are needed.
>
> Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
> so.


Isn't that the truth? We had good ventilation but no MSDS sheet. Should I go
break those welds apart now because I did it wrong?

OTOH, MEK sure worked well.




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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

SS

"Sam Soltan"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

22/06/2007 10:25 PM

The solvent is MEK which you can get at Home Depot or Lowes or any other
good hardware store.



"spaco" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.
>
> Pete Stanaitis
> ---------------------

Cc

"CW"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 3:06 PM


"Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...


>MEK is dangerous,


So's my Harley. Life's that way sometimes.

Sk

"Swingman"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 2:40 PM

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:36:16 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
> wrote:
>
> >Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it
less
> >so.
> >
>
> I duct tape my MSDS sheets over my face. The sheet protects my eyes
> and my lungs. One time, I fell down the stairs, 'cause the sheet was
> over my eyes.

No damn wonder, cher ... you've been applying them to the wrong end!

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"asmurff"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 5:30 PM

So are brake cleaner, paint thinner and remover. read the directions on the
can and follow them, come on if you don't have a respirator you shouldn't be
in any kind of a shop.

--
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
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"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>MEK is dangerous,
>
>
> So's my Harley. Life's that way sometimes.
>
>

BM

"Buddy Matlosz"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 6:57 PM

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> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.



We did it with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).



Aren't all those things kinda dangerous around a welding torch?

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B A R R Y

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 3:57 PM

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:30:49 -0700, Steve knight
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I ordered two endmills and both come with msds sheets. hard to eat or
>breathe carbide endmills (G)

Look up W0600! <G>

<http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/majors/msdsfiles/msdswater.htm>

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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 4:41 AM

asmurff wrote:
> Don't ether and chloroform both put you to sleep?
>
>
>> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.



Hell, yes. That stuff is dangerous!




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

MS

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 5:28 AM

spaco wrote:
> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.



We did it with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Cc

"CW"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 1:48 AM


"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> >"Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> >>MEK is dangerous,
> >
> >
> >So's my Harley.
>
> And my airplane...


Yeah, I can only crash in two directions. You can do it in three. :)


RS

"Rick Samuel"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 7:52 AM

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[email protected] (Larry W)

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

25/06/2007 4:32 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Steve knight <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:57:53 GMT, B A R R Y <[email protected]>
>
>>I duct tape my MSDS sheets over my face. The sheet protects my eyes
>>and my lungs. One time, I fell down the stairs, 'cause the sheet was
>>over my eyes.
>>
>
>I ordered two endmills and both come with msds sheets. hard to eat or
>breathe carbide endmills (G)

Yeah, at work, I order a lot of hardware and expendable supplies from MSC.
about a year ago they started sending MSDS with drill bits of all things.


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Sk

Steve knight

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 12:30 PM

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:57:53 GMT, B A R R Y <[email protected]>

>I duct tape my MSDS sheets over my face. The sheet protects my eyes
>and my lungs. One time, I fell down the stairs, 'cause the sheet was
>over my eyes.
>

I ordered two endmills and both come with msds sheets. hard to eat or
breathe carbide endmills (G)

BA

B A R R Y

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 11:58 PM

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:06:23 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>MEK is dangerous,
>
>
>So's my Harley.

And my airplane...

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EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 1:36 PM


"Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote

> MEK is dangerous, VENTILATION and the MSDS are needed.

Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
so.


Cc

"CW"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 1:47 AM

Dropped it today. Life sucks sometimes.

"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Jun 23, 11:06 am, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> > >MEK is dangerous,
> >
> > So's my Harley. Life's that way sometimes.
>
> Now I know why your replies are always so short, CW... you're out of
> breath from pushing that Harley!
>
> <it's joke, dammit>
>

aa

"asmurff"

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

23/06/2007 5:25 PM

Don't ether and chloroform both put you to sleep?


--
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
Old Air Force Munitions Saying
"spaco" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It was chloroform, not ether that we welded Plexiglass with.
>
> Pete Stanaitis
> ---------------------

SW

Say What?

in reply to spaco on 22/06/2007 8:32 PM

24/06/2007 1:56 PM

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> "Rick Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>>> MEK is dangerous, VENTILATION and the MSDS are needed.
>> Most everything is dangerous. Having the MSDS sheet does not make it less
>> so.
>
>
> Isn't that the truth? We had good ventilation but no MSDS sheet. Should I go
> break those welds apart now because I did it wrong?

Only if OSHA should learn of your misdeed <g>


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