Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2912 to 2916 (9-13 March 2015)
Welu:
2173 is interesting in hindsight.
BenRG:
Just a thought - Maybe Jeph has no background in metalwork and just draws what he regards as 'generic welding gear. I could be wrong and he might have carefully researched but I thought that I should include the option.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Jeph draws detailed auto interiors (in terms of his style) such that I was able to ID cars to within 2 model years, and April was able to identify Tai's car from what little of the interior was shown.
He renders Northampton accurately enough that natives recognize the streets.
MIG and TIG welding use inert gas to shield the working area from reducing atmosphere, so says the internet. Jeph's rendering of the welder is accurate to that set up. So, from the comic, we can surmise that Faye has what is likely a TIG welder, and a blow torch (which makes sense for metal artist). Which means she probably has sources of pressurized inert (argon) and volatile gasses, and various metal working tools.
Omega Entity:
Actually, I think the fact that he drew two kinds of specific welding gear illustrates that he did do his homework. Having both sets of equipment would make sense from an artistic stance, simply due to different welders working better with different materials.
EDIT: RF summed it up nicely. I'd forgotten about Argon versus oxy/acetylene. And then there's welding in the tiny sense (soldering) which might use acetylene, propane, or butane in the torches.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Further reading confirms TIG as a MIG welder would be feeding wire from the gun, rather than a hand held filament for the bead line. So it's definitely an argon tank.
And now I know more about welding than I will ever need.
Ever.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version