View Full Version : Staircase rework
Rocky D
09-07-2002, 06:14 PM
This is a staircase that I moved a north/south position to th east/west position as you see it here looking to the east. I had to make it shorter also by removing 18 feet from the landing. Working by myself it took 10 days, with "the Power of Blue" A Xp 130 fluxcore .035"E71T-11
Hobart Expert Rock
09-11-2002, 01:17 PM
ROCKY D..........SORRY MAN I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN..... IF I'VE READ THIS CORRECTLY YOU SHORTENED IT AND USED A 130XP FOR THE WELDS.............QUESTION........DID YOU USE A FORK LIFT TO MOVE THE SECTIONS AROUND..............? AND DID YOU USE A PLASMA CUTTER TO SECTION OUT THE UNUSED SECTION OF 18'...........AND LAST QUESTION IS WAS THE THICKNESS 3/16 ON THE STAIR CASEING.........? YOU KNOW HOW IT IS JUST BEING SNOOPY..............MY BROTHER'S AND I ONCE CUT OUT A CIRCULAR STAIRWAY ABOUT 20' HIGH.........WE SEVERLY UNDERESTIMATED THE WEIGHT OF THAT BABY............GOOD THING IT LEANED OVER ON A POLE AND ALLOWED US TO GET A SECOND FORKLIFT ON IT.......YOU KNOW THAT SAFETY THING............BE SAFE OUT THERE NOW..............ROCK........ SSCOTT@MILLERWELDS.COM
Rocky D
09-11-2002, 06:39 PM
Originally posted by Hobart Expert Rock
ROCKY D..........SORRY MAN I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN..... IF I'VE READ THIS CORRECTLY YOU SHORTENED IT AND USED A 130XP FOR THE WELDS.............QUESTION........DID YOU USE A FORK LIFT TO MOVE THE SECTIONS AROUND..............?
Couldn't get a fork lift in there, but we had a mobile crane that was able to get in there and lift for me.
AND DID YOU USE A PLASMA CUTTER TO SECTION OUT THE UNUSED SECTION OF 18'...........
No, Oxy/Acet torch.
AND LAST QUESTION IS WAS THE THICKNESS 3/16 ON THE STAIR CASEING.........?
I think it was 1/4" . I assume you mean the web of the channel?
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS JUST BEING SNOOPY..............MY BROTHER'S AND I ONCE CUT OUT A CIRCULAR STAIRWAY ABOUT 20' HIGH.........WE SEVERLY UNDERESTIMATED THE WEIGHT OF THAT BABY............GOOD THING IT LEANED OVER ON A POLE AND ALLOWED US TO GET A SECOND FORKLIFT ON IT.......YOU KNOW THAT SAFETY THING
No wonder you always say.... :D
............BE SAFE OUT THERE NOW..............ROCK........ SSCOTT@MILLERWELDS.COM