Going round the bend

[Engineer1964]

Been busy welding up these large curved structural sections today







Over 6 metres long and pretty heavy

 

[Angusdog]

To be honest, I'd much rather do that than sit here working out my last couple of weeks (made redundant) of IT work before I go back to self employed graphic designer. I'd love to work in a big workshop, cranked over a welder and with all the right gear on hand. Time to get back into my home workshop and make something, I think.

Oh, nice work - looks like fun (from here...)

 

[Engineer1964]

To be honest, I'd much rather do that than sit here working out my last couple of weeks (made redundant) of IT work before I go back to self employed graphic designer. I'd love to work in a big workshop, cranked over a welder and with all the right gear on hand. Time to get back into my home workshop and make something, I think.

Oh, nice work - looks like fun (from here...)

Thanks not sure why the pictures came out sideways

Its the framework for some flooring and the corner of it is curved, when its all up they put some profile on it and pour concrete so you end up with a solid 1st floor

 

[Hitch]

Is it still the same curve as when you started?

 

[Norm]

Fascinating, How do they put the curve in the angle section without it distorting the large flat section ? the surplus metal must go somewhere.

 

[Wozzaaah]

Nice job! I've sorted the pictures for you.

 

[Shox Dr]

To be honest, I'd much rather do that than sit here working out my last couple of weeks (made redundant) of IT work before I go back to self employed graphic designer. I'd love to work in a big workshop, cranked over a welder and with all the right gear on hand. Time to get back into my home workshop and make something, I think.

Oh, nice work - looks like fun (from here...)

Not too sure you would be so keen, in the middle of winter with half the job poking outside in the wind, rain, snow and....

 

[Seano]

Mega beams Gerry, just looking at all those welds makes my back hurt.... or do you use a mechanics stool ?

 

[badersbus]

Fascinating, How do they put the curve in the angle section without it distorting the large flat section ? the surplus metal must go somewhere.

With something like this.. serious heavy duty machines

http://www.roundo.com/index5.asp?siteid=1&pageid=2&menuid1=3

 

[Bsmith]

Might be an idea to move your red oxide primer bucket, I have set one of them on fire with grinder sparks, lol.

 

[Engineer1964]

Nice job! I've sorted the pictures for you.

Thanks Woz

 

[Engineer1964]

Mega beams Gerry, just looking at all those welds makes my back hurt.... or do you use a mechanics stool ?

Hi Sean, its all hard work for me mate, no time for sitting down once the sections were all tacked together, it took about 15 minutes to mark up all the weld positions and then say an hour to stitch weld, 100mm welds 200mm gaps. I had the welder running at around 29-30volts and around 300 amps, so it didn't take long

 

[Seano]

As usual, first class work Gerry

 

[pondman]

Thats pretty awesome! Do you do all that forming in your workshop?

 

[Engineer1964]

Thats pretty awesome! Do you do all that forming in your workshop?

No Its bought in, the rollers would be too big and to be honest we don't do enough to make it worth the while.

What was clever when we put it all together was the fact that each piece was exactly the same radius so it went together a treat, i can imagine if the radius was a degree or two out we'd have hell of a job to clamp them together

 

[pondman]

No Its bought in, the rollers would be too big and to be honest we don't do enough to make it worth the while.

What was clever when we put it all together was the fact that each piece was exactly the same radius so it went together a treat, i can imagine if the radius was a degree or two out we'd have hell of a job to clamp them together

Thats what I was thinking, with such a long bend its would be a nightmare! I can't imagine that angle is very nice to roll either! Great job

 

[ouchmyfinger]

size

Gerry that looks like a good sized work shop you have, is it a farm building or industrial unit or what !, i,d give my right leg for space like that.
paul

 

[Engineer1964]

Its on an industrial estate, 10,000sq ft, with no heating But to be honest its not really cold yet

 

[ouchmyfinger]

Its on an industrial estate, 10,000sq ft, with no heating But to be honest its not really cold yet

your right, if your busy you wont get cold.....
old school