The Construction Thread

[Hard_Rom]

What 'nobody' had a straight edge?!

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e7/a3/cb/e7a3cb1ae4beb7ccf98e59b0504cce0d.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

What 'nobody' had a straight edge?!

No shit.

 

[thør]

http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/03/weld-1788679_640.jpg

The Safety Guy is about to go nuts.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I had a welding teacher in college with a bad neck. Know how many times in an 8hr shift you snap your head forward to bring your shield down? I love the auto-darkening helmets. Have yet to see someone wear a shield hard hat combo. They look fucking cool.

Is that a plain visor too for grinding?
http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImage/A11B_1_20130827158412890.jpg

 

[thør]

I had a welding teacher in college with a bad neck. Know how many times in an 8hr shift you snap your head forward to bring your shield down? I love the auto-darkening helmets. Have yet to see someone wear a shield hard hat combo. They look fucking cool.

Is that a plain visor too for grinding?
http://images10.newegg.com/ProductImage/A11B_1_20130827158412890.jpg

That's a supplied air respirator.

 

[Hard_Rom]

That's a supplied air respirator.

Sorry, looked it up. Just a wide screen visor. 3m product retails for damn near 6 bills.

 

[thør]

Sorry, looked it up. Just a wide screen visor. 3m product retails for damn near 6 bills.

If you're welding exotics, you might want one of these. 6 bills is cheap compared to not breathing.

 

[Hard_Rom]

If you're welding exotics, you might want one of these. 6 bills is cheap compared to not breathing.

Not a respirator.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA11B0A92060

But yes many metals are very nasty to weld. Heavy metal toxicity would be a shyte way to go.

Considering it is a welders primary piece of PPE 6 bills is quite acceptable.

 

[thør]

Not a respirator.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA11B0A92060

But yes many metals are very nasty to weld. Heavy metal toxicity would be a shyte way to go.

Considering it is a welders primary piece of PPE 6 bills is quite acceptable.

If you don't pump clean air into that thing, it will fog up and you won't be able to see a damn thing.

 

[Hard_Rom]

If you don't pump clean air into that thing, it will fog up and you won't be able to see a damn thing.

I was wondering about that. All my visors have had a tendency to fog up. Even fairly open ones.

When racing I started with helmet visor up by a finger's width. It would self close at 100 mph.

 

[thør]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9PT0faWsAAeuKu.jpg:large

I can see that this is a cost-plus job and that no one cares about efficiency.

 

[Hard_Rom]

My old boss in sheet metal would price a job real fucking low and cross fingers for time and material jobs to make a profit.

 

[thør]

http://arcticjournal.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery/public/canada-iqaluit-airport-5_bouygues.jpg?itok=2Sbg3h2q

 

[Saint Peter]

"I hope the wind does not kick up."

 

[thør]

"I hope the wind does not kick up."

I'd have a box truck positioned downwind to collect free building materials.

 

[Saint Peter]

Nobody will see the orange stripe after the drywall goes up.

 

[thør]

Nobody will see the orange stripe after the drywall goes up.

I dunno, but I'd guess that's the general area where a spread footing will bear. The Foamular (purple polystyrene) is probably a lower density than the Dow Styrofoam (light blue polystyrene). At least, they are both extruded materials and not expanded.

 

[thør]

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[trysail]

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Uh, oh.

If my eyes don't deceive me, that would appear to be an upside down 400-ton Komatsu ( Liebherr ?) hauler. That's really not a good idea. It is, in fact, a genuine problem.



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[thør]

Uh, oh.

If my eyes don't deceive me, that would appear to be an upside down 400-ton Komatsu ( Liebherr ?) hauler. That's really not a good idea. It is, in fact, a genuine problem.



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The Land Cruiser guy is just sizing it up. I think he can use a pair of snatchum straps to pop her back upright.

 

[trysail]

The Land Cruiser guy is just sizing it up. I think he can use a pair of snatchum straps to pop her back upright.

Right. Piece of cake.

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[thør]

Right. Piece of cake.

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It's a series 70 Land Cruiser. Doesn't get much better.

 

[chillywilly2]

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Gotta be a better way to do a flat weld rather than turning it upside down

 

[chillywilly2]

My old boss in sheet metal would price a job real fucking low and cross fingers for time and material jobs to make a profit.

Fuck that. If I can't make money I don't want the job

 

[thør]

Gotta be a better way to do a flat weld rather than turning it upside down

Indeed.

Fuck that. If I can't make money I don't want the job

Exactly.

If you can't make a buck, don't do the work.