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Thread: My New Shed project
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9th Mar 2019, 07:49 PM #91Pink 10EE owner
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Looks good. Things are too dry here for shed work.
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11th Mar 2019, 07:27 AM #92Most Valued Member
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Keep chipping away Mark. It's looking great.
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6th Apr 2019, 07:18 PM #93Golden Member
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The long and winding road of shed building continues.
IMG_1504.jpg Lots of drilling plates prior to welding them to the beams
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IMG_1510.jpg Starting to weld the knee that will support the crane
IMG_1509.jpg Multiple runs required
IMG_1515.jpg I think 15 will do
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IMG_1522.jpg Welding all the bracing points,stiffeners, foot plate, top plate
IMG_1539.jpg One down!!
IMG_1542.jpg Only 9 to go.
Took me two weeks to make the first post as I can only get an hour or two here and there between all the other work that has to be done. Hopefully I can speed up a bit now I have the process mostly sorted.
Cheers
Mark
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6th Apr 2019, 08:33 PM #94Most Valued Member
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Thanks for the update Mark. What's the season like up there? Still feeding out?
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6th Apr 2019, 11:18 PM #95
Hi Mark,
It appears you have a lot of holes to drill.
Is it possible to fit a rotary drill broach to your drill press?
There would be be a time reduction in holes drilled and less shavings,I assume?
Grahame
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7th Apr 2019, 07:45 AM #96Golden Member
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7th Apr 2019, 07:51 AM #97Golden Member
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Hi Graham
I have a mag drill and a number of annular cutters but I find it easier doing then on the drill press with normal drills. It doesn’t take long and you have a greater choice of sizes and easy to sharpen the drill as needed. I don’t have a Morse taper to annular cutter adapter as yet. Obviously holes in the larger plates or the beam are all done with the magnetic drill.
Mark
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2nd Jun 2019, 06:53 PM #98Golden Member
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Shed building continues slowly but steadily. Seem to spend all my waking hours either thinking about or actually building the shed at the moment.
IMG_1563.jpg Painting posts
IMG_1568.jpg Sorry about the orientation of the photos. Is there any way to rotate them? Anyway lifting the first post into place.
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IMG_1574.jpg Needed to scissor lift to remove the lifting jig from the top of the post.
IMG_1582.jpg Three down 7 to go.
IMG_1583.jpg Will lift the next one tomorrow.
Little bit scary lifting these posts into place as they weigh 1150kg each but no trouble so far. My shed building friend starts work tomorrow now he has recovered from his hernia surgery. That should speed things up a bit.
Cheers
Mark
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2nd Jun 2019, 10:07 PM #99Pink 10EE owner
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Looks good. By the size of those fillet welds the crane lugs are not going anywhere.
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4th Jun 2019, 07:01 PM #100Golden Member
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This is one of the things that has given me the most concern. How much weld is required to hold up a loaded moving crane. Dynamic load on one crane knee could exceed 15 tonnes so you can’t be too careful. I’m just an agricultural welder but definitely learning a lot. Really enjoying using the flux cored gas shielded wire.
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5th Jun 2019, 02:54 PM #101Most Valued Member
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I hope you've welded up a pile of test pieces with the same sort of fillet welds and then sectioned them to see what's really happening.
Personally I'd not use flux cored wire for root runs but - shrug - I did my welding tickets a long time ago & technology changes. Might be OK these days.
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5th Jun 2019, 08:05 PM #102Golden Member
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[QUOTE=PDW;1951676]I hope you've welded up a pile of test pieces with the same sort of fillet welds and then sectioned them to see what's really happening.
Personally I'd not use flux cored wire for root runs but - shrug - I did my welding tickets a long time ago & technology changes. Might be OK these days.
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Hi Peter
Went I talk about flux cored wire most people think it’s similar to the wire used in small welders without gas. Flux cored gas shielded wire is a different beast and the go to wire for large structural welding. Generally used in large sizes for high deposition rates and at high amps. No hobby welders here. I’m using 1.2mm wire at around 350 amps with argon/CO2 gas mix.
I did some test pieces early on and looked good. So pretty confident all will be well.
Fingers crossed
Mark
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5th Jun 2019, 08:51 PM #103Most Valued Member
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[QUOTE=markgray;1951689]Ah, OK, we used to use that for really heavy work, say a double V prep on 25mm plate and a single pass each side. Different animal indeed, pretty much automated once you got it dialed in.
I can run 1.2mm solid wire in my MIG but rarely do because I'm not often welding really thick sections nowadays. Was good for the 40mm thick boat keel but I still did the root runs with E6011 sticks though. Old training.
PDW
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7th Jul 2019, 09:09 PM #104Golden Member
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Continuing to work hard on the fabrication and erection of the shed. Work and the drought continue to mean I don't have as much time as I would like to work on the shed by try to get something done every weekend. So far things continue ok with no major problems and no injuries!
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So will continue to chip away and maybe ?finished by the end of the year.
Fingers crossed
Cheers
Mark
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7th Jul 2019, 10:48 PM #105
Hi Mark,
Its looking good.
Grahame
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