Recycling

[Hitch]

With all the recent problems of waste disposal, recycling, energy saving..... some saleman was round the other day, slating the esab wire we get from another supplier...

"Ah, but our wire is much better... blah blah....The trouble with using the 18kg rolls, is the machines not designed for it, if your using an old tired machine it will kill it very quickly..... and our wire, comes on recyclable plastic reels."


Just took it all in and thought...
The machines we use that wire on are all high end machines, less than 3 years old... and the reels, the esab stuff is on steel wire reels Thats recyclable, plus we get paid to recycle that

They do spout some crap sometimes!!! :full

 

[rtbcomp]

I was in the local Co-Op a while back and saw some yoghurt in a cardboard tub with the recycling sign on it, so I bought it.

When I got it home it turned out to be a plastic tub with a cardboard sleeve on it!

 

[Welderpaul]

BOC's 'own brand' wire comes on wire reels but they supply you with a free plastic mount thing so the reel will fit onto the spindle of trade machines - anyone else found these spindles drop to bits before the reel has been emptied? - Why not just make the spool like the others so it will fit straight onto the spindle??

 

[snowcat]

BOC's 'own brand' wire comes on wire reels but they supply you with a free plastic mount thing so the reel will fit onto the spindle of trade machines - anyone else found these spindles drop to bits before the reel has been emptied? - Why not just make the spool like the others so it will fit straight onto the spindle??

yes yes yes, I resorted to a cable tie today kept coming off the stupid yellow jobby, bohler wire comes with the same centre as well.

 

[Hitch]

I know the sort you mean paul, havnt seen one like that for years now.
The esab metal reels fit straight on

 

[Welderpaul]

what yer been welding today hitch/snowy?

 

[snowcat]

Tho Hitch it's only a matter of time, Its all for them green points recycled middle bit mean's less waste, the bohler wire's only just started, wasnt aware welding was a paticularly enviromentaly friendly job

 

[snowcat]

Personal cage, lifting firms comeing out to put the aproval rateing on tommorow, what yer been upto paul?

 

[Welderpaul]

Personal cage, lifting firms comeing out to put the aproval rateing on tommorow, what yer been upto paul?

Been running 55 ton structural frame job for a few days now. Nearly finished, most of its loaded on the trailer beds in the yard now. Finished tomoro hopefully. We've no room to swing a cat with this lot in at the moment so all hands to the pumps so we can get back on with what we should be doing!!

 

[Hitch]

Finished of some baseplate shrouds this morning, then did some alteration to a job that never even got out of the yard. All blasted beams and plates

 

[Hitch]

Got to go to a meeting tommorrow about the design and istallation of a load of winches. Sounds like im getting put on with the job

 

[Welderpaul]

baseplate shrouds?

 

[weldequip]

They do spout some crap sometimes!!!

All the time Hitch! I'd quite happily slit their ear with a sharp blade & throw them all into a pool of sharks!
Still... they have a job to do I suppose
(the best one I knew went from selling cars, to SIP welders, to bathrooms!).
There are good, genuine ones though... aren't there?!
weldequip

 

[Hitch]

Pyramid shape things with a collar around the top, bolt round lamposts to hide the baseplates.
Something and nothing really.

 

[matt1978]

Talking of dodgy salesmen, did you ever have the pleasure of the 2 brothers who used to import Korean wire? (Don't wanna say too much!)

 

[Welderpaul]

Pyramid shape things with a collar around the top, bolt round lamposts to hide the baseplates.
Something and nothing really.

Oh aye. i know what you mean. The bits dog's wee wee on.