Health & Safety | Kevin Caron

How to Make Sure You Have the Right Power for Your Welder

by mwestheimer | Aug 11, 2021 | Health & Safety, More…, Tool How-To's, Videos | 0

Artist Kevin Caron explains how to keep from blowing up your electronic equipment, such as welders, with a simple test ….

How to Easily Improve Your Welds and Safety

by mwestheimer | Jan 17, 2021 | General Welding, Health & Safety, Videos | 0

Artist Kevin Caron shares a simple welding tool he says may be the handiest tool he’s made in his studio ….

How Dark Should Plasma Cutting Glasses Be?

by mwestheimer | Jul 15, 2020 | Health & Safety, More…, Videos | 0

Artist Kevin Caron explains why and when he uses dark glasses for plasma cutting ….

Changes at Channel Kevin

by kcaron | Jul 31, 2019 | Health & Safety, Videos | 0

This is a little different video for this channel. As Kevin gets bigger and bigger sculpture commissions he has found himself juggling more and more. His time is being consumed with not only being a full-time artist, not only...

How to Improve Lighting Easily in Hard-to-Reach Places

by kcaron | Jul 24, 2019 | Health & Safety, Videos | 0

Kevin Caron is in his garage where he just had some new cabinets installed. But the light in the garage, like most such spaces, is behind the workbench. So any time he is working, he is in the shadows. He thought, “Wait, I...

Does Aluminum Rust?

by kcaron | Apr 3, 2019 | Finish Work & Patinas, Health & Safety, Videos | 0

Kevin has been asked what the white, powdery, crusty stuff that shows up on aluminum is. Basically, it’s rust. Well, it’s aluminum rust, which is oxidation, just like you see with steel. Oxidation can occur when you...

Do Fume Extractors Really Work?

by kcaron | Jan 9, 2019 | Health & Safety, Videos | 0

Kevin is going to fire up his AHP AlphaMIG 250 to do some stick welding to test a new tool: a fume extractor. You know that crud that obscures your welding helmet faceshield after stick welding or MIG welding? Well, that’s...

How to Make a French Cleat for Hanging Heavy Items

by kcaron | Mar 21, 2018 | Health & Safety, Other Techniques, Specific Projects, Videos | 0

A viewer wants to hang up a heavy wall sculpture and is thinking about using a French cleat but isn’t sure what it is. Kevin’s simple diagram shows two pieces with one end of each cut at the same angle. One piece is...