As long as it is properly ventilated and the tank is beyond 30 feet or so from where the welding it taking place I don't see what's wrong with it. The tan being 30 feet or so away is so that burning pieces of metal flying away won't hit the glass or acrylic and potentially cause it to crack or leak. Alternatively you could make a wall of wood or metal in order to protect it from the metal pieces flying about and have it closer to where the welding is taking place.Well it's now just a pile of junk but someday I may be able to get it back together. As you can see I'm doing all the stripping outdoors under a temporary awning.
Unfortunately that temporary awning has been there for about 6 years longer than I had planned and needs to come down.
Fortunately the stock market has been doing well, which means that old geezers like me with retirement accounts are doing better, and I am going to have enough money to put up a workshop and a real carport with solar panels. At that point I will be able to get back to the Plymouth in earnest. I don't just want to do welding, paint and body work in my home garage.
But there is another car as well and I don't know if I've posted pictures of it here. Unfortunately I don't have photos on this phone so this is all you get right now.
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It's not as old but it's one that I did restoration work on in the 70s myself and it is up for a complete refurbishment 47 years later. Again it's a car constructed from the parts of other cars by my father and I.
I have an extra cool Factory turbo engine for it as well. That engine is still smooth but the installed engine is a larger engine and it is frozen from sitting for 40 years.
If something incredible happens in the stock market I may have enough money to farm out some of the work on these cars but it looks like I'll at least be able to hire a contractor to put up my workshop. I Was preparing to start building it myself.
So does anyone think it's totally crazy to have an aquarium in a welding shop?
I personally wouldn't do it but that's because I would want to maximize the space for strictly welding and maximize other space for tanks.