> So, next to safety glasses, we need a complete safety suit incl. gloves
> and boots! Never knew this work was so dangerous ;-)

Actually working with any molten metal (excepting perhaps Wood's metal)
requires leather (or suitable substitute) apron, shoes or boots, gloves,
and no exposed body parts on front (i.e. face mask). This includes working
with molten solder or tin (such as tinning machine, wave soldering etc).
When you cast something (and often normal solder is used to test a mold)
and the cast is not perfect you can get evil gas bubbles and small steam
explosions quite easily.

My closest call was a board being reworked on a makeshift wooden table
with melamine covering (never do this) with some spacers (board feet).
The melamine heated up until a gas bubble formed under it and abruptly
rised the board as it ripped the glue off the wood. Instant mayhem, molten
solder everywhere, parts flying etc. The melamine grew a bubble the area
of a fist and 1 cm above the wood when cooled. It all happened very fast.

Peter

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