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Originally Posted by Speedslug
Just make sure any tungsten you get from a welding shop does not have any thorium in it.
They use tungsten for tig welding with different additives because it changes the way the electric arc behaves bur thoriated tungsten will off gas thorium which is poisonous and I think radioactive and causes cancer.
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oooh I didn't have any idea about that.
Thanks a lot for the warning.