On Mon, 24 May 2010 09:48:31 -0500, Shawn Martin
> wrote:

>Larry wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>> http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.ph...37 16&catid=1
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheap, but it works.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> There are some health issues associated with heating galvanized steel.
>> Might be worth looking into that before you eat the food.
>
>We always used respirators when we welded anything with Zinc on it. I
>remember some news articles from the 70s about people poisoning
>themselves using a refrigerator with galvanized shelves as a smoker.

In our sheet metal shop (11 turret punchpresses, 4 lasers, 1 plasma
cutter--we do know sheet metal), we *never* cut galvanized on the
lasers or plasma. Nasty nasty evil fumes. (yes, we did try it, and
learnt quickly not to)