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One day I was working in a shop with another MIG welder and I told him I felt really off, I couldnt catch up on oxygen. He told me to go lay upside down so that my lungs were that way and hold your mouth open to let the gas escape. Argon is so heavy that it settles in the bottom of your lungs and cant leave without a little help.

One day I was working in a shop with another MIG welder and I told him I felt really off, I couldnt catch up on oxygen. He told me to go lay upside down so that my lungs were that way and hold your mouth open to let the gas escape. Argon is so heavy that it settles in the bottom of your lungs and cant leave without a little help.

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Good strategy to know.

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This is good to be aware of. Thanks

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"Lay upside down"....does that mean get one of those inverted plank machines or boot rigs that hang you upside down by your ankles?

that would be effective in accomplishing the goal, but you can also accomplish the goal by laying upside down on you your bed if your bed is tall enough.

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Plank your body upside down somewhere between 45 and 90 degrees using a side of the bed?

imagine you're laying with your back against the bed like normal, then you inch yourself across the bed until your head and lungs are below your legs and youre looking at the world upside down at a 90 degrees, like a kid trying to see the world upside down. Your mouth just needs to be below your lungs, then you exhale as much as you can, probably stay like that meditating until all the gases pass

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What's it like coming out?

lol uhm, its so light and gassy, doesnt really feel like anything, but theres a noticeable difference in air quality once its out

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I see. You gotta get on runechat. My dad was on for a bit last night. Lol

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Where's a good place to learn welding?

that all depends on what you're trying to do and why

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Fair enough. Basics, like frames to build a small table or fix a metal playground.

Just get a welder, scrap metal and start messing around?

essentially, yeah! for small house projects and hobbyist work, you can find youtube videos on anything you'd want to know. If you buy a nice brand named welder, they often have full instructional videos on how to operate the whole machine. You should look up a list of "fabrication shop tools". someone out there aught to have made a video going over basic shop necessities, which can be niche if you want to build certain types of things (ex: large vs. small projects). A welder is just an awesome tool, and knowing how to weld is pretty badass, but without other basic tools like tape measure, channel locks, level, square (speed square, combination square), soap stone, knowing what you want to make or do, etc, etc, you wont be doing much with the skill.

Do you partake in hobbies, crafts, or any kind of garage construction? What kind of tools do you already have?