Thanks everyone for the input, I appreciate it. After some thought I think it's better to leave the welding in the garage. It "might" be ok in the basement if enough precautions are taken but it's something that would probably just hang over my head all the time. Better to not have that le...

These are great suggestions. As far as my wife is concerned, yes, I was very excited to hear the suggestion. The catch might be that I have to get all my tools down there. If the welder can't come with then that might change the workshop situation. I need to install some kind of dust collection syst...

I have a question about the risks when welding in your basement. Here's the situation. I live in MN, and as you may guess, it can get cold in the winter. My wife and I are starting the process of finishing the basement. She came up with the idea about moving my tools from the garage and creating a w...

I'm starting my first welding project with my daughter... seems to be the same kind of thing you're doing. We're building a go-kart with an aluminum frame. I have an inverter welder AHP AlphaTIG 200X (not sure if anyone knows that model). We're having a hell of a time getting a good puddle started o...