Engineer1964
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Ok, So not much of a project but lots of pictures
Today i had the task of making an adjustment on some structural steel work i did last week, apparently, the existing steel work was out by 100mm so, i had to shorten my beam, which meant cutting off the end plate and gusset, tried with a 9" cutting disc and grinder, but couldn't get into the corners because of the 10mm web which was supporting the endplate. I couldn't use the bandsaw because of all the other plates and tabs on the beam.
I was a bit sad to be cutting up my work especially since i made an effort to keep a nice 10mm fillet all round with a few to keeping the welding inspector on site happy.
Anyway heres my secret weapon,
its a Gouging Tip, Some call them offset cutting tips, but whatever they are called it allows me to cut right up close to the Box section and Plate without any damage, Now had i tried to cut with a normal Oxy/Acet tip it would no doubt cut into the box and plate
get the flame just right for the cut,
Then cut up close to the box and plate
I left about 2-3mm so i could just grind flush, I didn't want the risk of damaging the plate or box, You can see the remains of the plate on the floor.
You can see that the plate remains undamaged, with just a small couple of mil, of metal to grind and then sand smooth
That Gouging tip is ideal for getting into tight corners where you don't want to damage the main steelwork, Take a look at the Tip along side a normal Oxy/acet tip
and the Hole arrangements at the tip
Ok, so now i need to grind back the metal from the box section
Before
After
Then i used a cutting disk to cut the box to the correct size, now i need to put all my bits back
Now the fun Part, Fully welded 8mm min fillet all round, these welds get tested by a welding inspector on site via NDT and hopefully should all pass
With the lighting here at the workshop it give a orangey haze to the pictures so earlier when no one was about i took some with the flash enabled on my phone and heres the results
All in all took about 2 hours to do the above and i had 4 to do, So now back home having a nice beer to relax with, and very pleased that my new cutting tip worked a treat, will certainly be using that again ;D
Today i had the task of making an adjustment on some structural steel work i did last week, apparently, the existing steel work was out by 100mm so, i had to shorten my beam, which meant cutting off the end plate and gusset, tried with a 9" cutting disc and grinder, but couldn't get into the corners because of the 10mm web which was supporting the endplate. I couldn't use the bandsaw because of all the other plates and tabs on the beam.
I was a bit sad to be cutting up my work especially since i made an effort to keep a nice 10mm fillet all round with a few to keeping the welding inspector on site happy.
Anyway heres my secret weapon,
its a Gouging Tip, Some call them offset cutting tips, but whatever they are called it allows me to cut right up close to the Box section and Plate without any damage, Now had i tried to cut with a normal Oxy/Acet tip it would no doubt cut into the box and plate
get the flame just right for the cut,
Then cut up close to the box and plate
I left about 2-3mm so i could just grind flush, I didn't want the risk of damaging the plate or box, You can see the remains of the plate on the floor.
You can see that the plate remains undamaged, with just a small couple of mil, of metal to grind and then sand smooth
That Gouging tip is ideal for getting into tight corners where you don't want to damage the main steelwork, Take a look at the Tip along side a normal Oxy/acet tip
and the Hole arrangements at the tip
Ok, so now i need to grind back the metal from the box section
Before
After
Then i used a cutting disk to cut the box to the correct size, now i need to put all my bits back
Now the fun Part, Fully welded 8mm min fillet all round, these welds get tested by a welding inspector on site via NDT and hopefully should all pass
With the lighting here at the workshop it give a orangey haze to the pictures so earlier when no one was about i took some with the flash enabled on my phone and heres the results
All in all took about 2 hours to do the above and i had 4 to do, So now back home having a nice beer to relax with, and very pleased that my new cutting tip worked a treat, will certainly be using that again ;D