The Construction Thread

[Byron In Exile]

Someone (engineer) put the centerline mark in the wrong place and it went downhill from there.

http://www.saqqara.nl/img/Cont_Glossary/_500/Meidum.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

You like that eh.

I did.

However, no matter where the little Sharpie mark is, it is up to the riggers to make it happen. The Brothers know Rosco could use a little extra cash after being down for so long. The Brothers are milking this mofo.

 

[chillywilly2]

sure...blame the engineer.

hey, if it was easy, anybody could do it.
I like the tough jobs, that have to be planned.
I build malls and shit all over the place...I don't even bother going on site any more...so boring.

In 2 hours I have to head north to look at a job putting new pentstock gates and a hoist structure on a dam, in the middle of nowhere...i'm hoping this is a bit of a challenge

 

[chillywilly2]

I did.

However, no matter where the little Sharpie mark is, it is up to the riggers to make it happen. The Brothers know Rosco could use a little extra cash after being down for so long. The Brothers are milking this mofo.

Thats what I tell them when they put it in backwards and have to turn it around....you guys have done this before...you know the drawings aren't always perfect and we pay you 30 bucks an hour to use your fucking head too...ffs...another broken hardhat.

Yes, I told you the roof slopes to the drains...but it slopes 6" not 24...can't you tell the footing got poured low...ffs

 

[rosco rathbone]

sure...blame the engineer.

hey, if it was easy, anybody could do it.
I like the tough jobs, that have to be planned.
I build malls and shit all over the place...I don't even bother going on site any more...so boring.

In 2 hours I have to head north to look at a job putting new pentstock gates and a hoist structure on a dam, in the middle of nowhere...i'm hoping this is a bit of a challenge

That sounds pretty cool.

 

[Saint Peter]

http://www.saqqara.nl/img/Cont_Glossary/_500/Meidum.jpg

Are you sure we got the angle correct on this one?

It seems a little skinny on the bottom and tall on the top.

 

[chillywilly2]

That sounds pretty cool.

I'll get pictures

 

[thør]

Are you sure we got the angle correct on this one?

It seems a little skinny on the bottom and tall on the top.

Who used the 3, 4, 5.5 triangle???

 

[rosco rathbone]

I saw them move 5 130-foot beams, all tied in, with 3 6-ton comealongs and teflon patches on top of the jacks that were carrying all the weight. It was the foreman's idea. He was in the shanty before work explaining to us that the company thought he was crazy, but they'd scheduled the picks backwards, so the last one was next to the existing roadway, instead of the open side, so he worked around it by landing everything a little off-center.

I love these battle scarred old guys who don't bat an eyelash at the idea of moving that much iron wherever you want it. It's inspiring to me.

My partner popped a wheelie in a JLG 600S driving uphill with the boom downhill. I was screaming at him and I distinctly saw him do the "asleep at the wheel" startle/head nod thing.

 

[Saint Peter]

Hey, you guys want to see my crank?

SaintPeter's crank.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n477/SaintPeterPics/crank.jpg?t=1304793437

 

[rosco rathbone]

CAD eh. What does it do?

 

[Saint Peter]

CAD eh. What does it do?

SolidWorks. It goes inside of a small gas engine.

 

[rosco rathbone]

SolidWorks. It goes inside of a small gas engine.

Does that generate the automated milling codes?

 

[Saint Peter]

Does that generate the automated milling codes?

It can generate a file to be used by the program that delivers the code to the CNC.

The SolidWorks (or AutoCAD) file defines the 3D shape. The machining software (I use Gibbs) tells the machine what tool, how fast, how much, and where.

 

[rosco rathbone]

It can generate a file to be used by the program that delivers the code to the CNC.

The SolidWorks (or AutoCAD) file defines the 3D shape. The machining software (I use Gibbs) tells the machine what tool, how fast, how much, and where.

But the design software talks to the machining software is what I'm saying. ALl you have to do is click "import file" or whatever.

 

[Saint Peter]

But the design software talks to the machining software is what I'm saying. ALl you have to do is click "import file" or whatever.

Yes. Drawing Export File or something along those lines.

SolidWorks will also assign material to the part (cast iron in this case) and then determine moment of inertia or center of gravity.

Very powerful software.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Yes. Drawing Export File or something along those lines.

SolidWorks will also assign material to the part (cast iron in this case) and then determine moment of inertia or center of gravity.

Very powerful software.

Ah, so that's the problem. It was a computer error.

 

[Saint Peter]

Ah, so that's the problem. It was a computer error.

The design was solid. The workers fucked it up.

 

[rosco rathbone]

The design was solid. The workers fucked it up.

We're good for that.

 

[evesdream]

Hi construction peeps. I have some really basic questions to ask about TIG welding. First, has anyone here done it? Do you prefer doing other types?

Really I'm wondering what are the hardest things about doing TIG right.

I was consulting with my resident construction guru and he said it involves managing a lot at the same time.

 

[SkAoUt]

St. Pete will be with you in a minute eve.

 

[evesdream]

I appreciate you letting me know that skaout

 

[thør]

St. Pet will be with you in a minute eve.

Clean-up on Aisle 4.

 

[Saint Peter]

Hi construction peeps. I have some really basic questions to ask about TIG welding. First, has anyone here done it? Do you prefer doing other types?

Really I'm wondering what are the hardest things about doing TIG right.

I was consulting with my resident construction guru and he said it involves managing a lot at the same time.

TIG welding (Tungsten Inert Gas) is the coolest welding on the face of the Earth. Your guru is correct. Most TIG welding involves operating the torch with one hand and feeding filler rod into the weld with the other hand. This makes it challenging, but also provides a very clean weld.

http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/images/tig-welding-steel-welderseries-2.jpg

Other than some undercut on the left side, this is a decent TIG weld. Each of the ripples shows where the welder added filler metal.

 

[ecclectic]

Hi construction peeps. I have some really basic questions to ask about TIG welding. First, has anyone here done it? Do you prefer doing other types?

Really I'm wondering what are the hardest things about doing TIG right.

I was consulting with my resident construction guru and he said it involves managing a lot at the same time.

There are a lot of helpful videos at millerwelds.com if you have a desire to get started with TIG.

It's very time consuming when compared to MIG or stick welding, fit-ups need to be more precise, material need to be clean.
It can also be slightly more expensive than either MIG or stick.

That said, if you can gas weld (oxyfuel) you can probably TIG weld, the method is similar.
The hardest thing about doing TIG properly is taking the time to actually do it properly.

I recently left a stainless steel sheet metal shop where the employer insisted that my welding was wrong because the weld wasn't black when I was finished. (He also firmly believed that pulse welding on stainless sheet was designed solely to waste his money and demanded that I never turn the pulse on again...)

If you're welding mild steel with tig, you need to ensure that your work is completely free of contamination, just clean bright shiny metal.

Actually, that goes for pretty much everything, Aluminum particularly, as alluminum oxide melts a few hundred degrees hotter than pure aluminum, so if you don't clean off the outer oxide layer, you end up with a terrible mess.