1963 NASA clean room tig welder - photo

[Jon]

1963 NASA clean room tig welder. Full caption is:

TIG WELDER LOCATED IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF THE TECHNICAL SERVICES BUILDING TSB - THE INERT GAS WELDING FACILITY IS USED FOR WELDING REFRACTORY METALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLUMBIUM LIQUID SODIUM LOOP PROJECT

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Previously:

1964 NASA tensile machine crack toughness test - photo
1944 metallurgy supercharger - photo
NASA boiling fluids rig - photo

[Inflight]

Good to know that after the 1959 Santa Susana Field Lab's liquid sodium reactor disaster in Los Angeles, the engineers implemented more stringent welding procedures for similar experiments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_Reactor_Experiment

[Hoosiersmoker]

I love that there always seems to be "some guy" standing around watching with a clipboard or notebook like he's taking continuous notes on the process being performed. Looks good in the publicity pics anyway. In this case it looks like Nick Nolte!

[Toolmaker51]

It is Nick Nolte, born 1941 and 6'1"......not all actors wait the big break as bussboys or waiting tables.
JK. Have to exercise my poetic license or it expires.