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Lawnmowerboy
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Plywood or damp proof membrane?
this thread need four pages of discussion first
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I have used cardboard on a smaller scale very succesfully.
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I used a large sheet of cardboard recently - just make sure it's far enough away for grinding sparks to have cooled a little before they hit it. A couple of metres is sufficient.
Plywood or hardboard (shiny side towards you) would be more suitable if you've got it though.
Plywood or hardboard (shiny side towards you) would be more suitable if you've got it though.
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Put a sign up saying "Free tea & cake -> Q here"
Within half a hour you should have a nice 'welding screen' of oldies..
Within half a hour you should have a nice 'welding screen' of oldies..
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12ft wide and 5ft + that a shed !!
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three sheets of OSB board 8x4
Thanks for the replies so far.
Is there a cheap fire retardent treatment or something that I could spray the hardboard with??? Just I will have to do some welding pretty close to the screen.
See, my new garage sits up really high and has huge big front sliding door that when open, floods every square inch with daylight...even on a dismal day, and wind always hits the back of garage so I can keep doors full open even in wind and rain. So creates excellent working conditions and allows any fumes to escape.
Problem is, its at the top of a steep driveway (40 degrees!!!) and is enroute to the house and my kids and visitors, postman etc will all be in vicinity so want to place a screen so I can keep the doors open for light but still protect others from the 'flash'.
Is there a cheap fire retardent treatment or something that I could spray the hardboard with??? Just I will have to do some welding pretty close to the screen.
See, my new garage sits up really high and has huge big front sliding door that when open, floods every square inch with daylight...even on a dismal day, and wind always hits the back of garage so I can keep doors full open even in wind and rain. So creates excellent working conditions and allows any fumes to escape.
Problem is, its at the top of a steep driveway (40 degrees!!!) and is enroute to the house and my kids and visitors, postman etc will all be in vicinity so want to place a screen so I can keep the doors open for light but still protect others from the 'flash'.
This is something i've been wanting to make aswell, i thought about using fire blankets like they use for pan fires, can pick them up for a few quid maybe next to nothing at a car boot sale, not sure what effect they'd have on the flashing but i'm imagine they would be quite good against grinding sparks
Quickest and cheapest one I've used was an old dark wool blanket slung over a clothes line, strung up wherever convenient. But I was welding about a metre away. Any sparks just singed the wool and died out. It eventually got so many holes in it so it wasn't really doing the job anymore. I gave it the missus and she cut it up and composted it...
