It was great that you emphasized the importance of pre-work for good welds. Most TH-cam DIY welds on rusty plates - crazy for structural work. What flavor (i.e., short-circuit or spray-arc) of the MIG process are you using?
Thanks. I bought it for track welding in the summer. It blows a nice breeze in the helmet. I hate flux core, the only flux core I use is hardfacing. I wish I could find a hard facing wire that uses gas.
Too late, but I would have put a moisture weep hole in the side of the upright near the bottom, not a "drain" in the base plate. Does your concrete floor have a substantial vapor barrier under it? If not, moisture will rise into the column, not drain from it.
Heated floor with foam underneath slab on sand base. Moisture has never been an issue here. I considered a side hole but a center hole top and bottom made good sense.
It was great that you emphasized the importance of pre-work for good welds. Most TH-cam DIY welds on rusty plates - crazy for structural work. What flavor (i.e., short-circuit or spray-arc) of the MIG process are you using?
Love the cool belt ventilation system. I use flux core a lot. Almost always try to weld outside with a breeze
Thanks. I bought it for track welding in the summer. It blows a nice breeze in the helmet. I hate flux core, the only flux core I use is hardfacing. I wish I could find a hard facing wire that uses gas.
That is what I need for my steam engine shed for taking off heavy parts!!!
I did wonder if your floor would be good enough to bolt straight to. Great progress so far
When I but the welding shop addition, we spent a lot of time smoothing and leveling.
Are you going to have to shim the bottom of the legs for unevenness in the concrete? Or try to grind the concrete flat?
The one side I know is uneven, so I will probably pour some thinset there to level. My design calls for perfect, full engagement.
You are welcome ! ! ! Looking fine ~~~~
Too late, but I would have put a moisture weep hole in the side of the upright near the bottom, not a "drain" in the base plate. Does your concrete floor have a substantial vapor barrier under it? If not, moisture will rise into the column, not drain from it.
Heated floor with foam underneath slab on sand base. Moisture has never been an issue here. I considered a side hole but a center hole top and bottom made good sense.
im kidna confused. this gantry is a loooonnnngggg way away from the machine shop. do you not need to machine the over weight pieces?
For welding shop. I can get forklift to everything else. This is for a specific job that needs to be manipulated and suspended
Too many Old Styles!.