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  1. #91
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    Looks good. Things are too dry here for shed work.
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    Keep chipping away Mark. It's looking great.

    Simon
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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_1518.jpgIMG_1520.jpg

    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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    Thanks for the update Mark. What's the season like up there? Still feeding out?
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    Thanks for the update Mark. What's the season like up there? Still feeding out?
    Kryn
    Things remain tough on the farm. Decent rainfall continues to elude us for the moment but hopefully we can get something before it starts to get cold. Fingers remain crossed

    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahame Collins View Post
    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
    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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    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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    Looks good. By the size of those fillet welds the crane lugs are not going anywhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by .RC. View Post
    Looks good. By the size of those fillet welds the crane lugs are not going anywhere.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by markgray View Post
    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.
    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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    [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.

    PDW[/QUOTE

    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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    [QUOTE=markgray;1951689]
    Quote Originally Posted by PDW View Post
    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.

    PDW[/QUOTE

    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
    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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    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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    Hi Mark,
    Its looking good.
    Grahame

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