Pipe Coping Joints for small Handrail

[Hotfoot]

I do 'this-and-that-' small welding jobs for my local Thrift Store, which is a charity that also houses the local Food Bank, manages the Women's Shelter, etc. It just makes me feel good to be able to help when I can.

They were told by the State Inspector that a railing was needed for their small steps used to load bags of clothes into their semi trailer. The steps are clunky, heavy fiberglass over plywood, 20 years old.



I still have some 10 foot sticks of Stainless Steel 308 heavy wall pipe that I picked up at a yard sale a few years back, and have nibbled away at for odd projects. It welds beautifully using MIG, solid .030, C25, but the welds, because they are not SS, do rust, so I just spray them with some canned Zinc Galvanized, which has held up very well so far on jobs I did five tears ago.

I did the "Chop Saw Birds Mouths" setting my saw miter at "about" 35 degrees. I simply eyeball the rotation after the first cut...no precision here! (They do look like some little birds waiting for a worm, don't they! )



They never fit 'perfect', but close enough for sloppy old me...



I smack the joints together with a hand sledge, but they still have gaps , but filling those on this thick walled stuff is a cinch...it just flows together.

[Blacksmith]

Looking good as usual. They are lucky/blessed to have someone with your abilities helping them. I think I see the problem though; with the stairs tilted to one side (first picture) I'd need a handrail too.

[Hotfoot]

Looking good as usual. They are lucky/blessed to have someone with your abilities helping them. I think I see the problem though; with the stairs tilted to one side (first picture) I'd need a handrail too.

...BUT...BUT.. I thought that's how they went! I looked at the pictures of an Italian Ocean Liner, and modeled these after those!

[Wyoming]

Foot,
Here I was beginning to think you might have come down with some vicious Texas disease or gone on vacation. How about some more of your excellent artwork. BTW, in the interest of truth, honor and the American Way lets not forget the last reason for helping the fine folk at your local Thrift Store...you score future pieces for artwork like a mad dog from them.

[Hotfoot]

Foot,
Here I was beginning to think you might have come down with some vicious Texas disease or gone on vacation. How about some more of your excellent artwork. BTW, in the interest of truth, honor and the American Way lets not forget the last reason for helping the fine folk at your local Thrift Store...you score future pieces for artwork like a mad dog from them.

Folks just don't seem to be dragging in the more interesting "stuff" anymore...most now is plastic/thin wall disposable junk...but I'm always looking! They are on my way "to town", so I stop in there just about daily.

[usmcpop]

Hotfoot,

Put in a scrap bid on that Crunchy Concordia. You'd have plenty of stuff to work with for awhile.

[canoecruiser]

Hotfoot,

Put in a scrap bid on that Crunchy Concordia. You'd have plenty of stuff to work with for awhile.

Call me if they have any W6x9...

[Roadrider]

..BUT...BUT.. I thought that's how they went! I looked at the pictures of an Italian Ocean Liner, and modeled these after those!

Are you saying it's wopsided?

[canoecruiser]

The captain recently wrote "that he avoided sailing head-on into the rocks, and saved many lives by steering the stricken vessel into shallow water."

Details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18728810

[vicegrip]

Are you saying it's wopsided?

Forgive me, I'm a little slow now and then.
Got it, just as I moved on.
vg

[Blacksmith]

Reminds me of the Exxon Valdez, the captain said "I said rum and coke on the rocks, NOT run the ship on the rocks!" (Joe Hazelton had lost his driver's license more than once in NY due to DUI's prior to that accident.) I've read the linked account previously, the Concordia captain needs to bear the brunt; you need to pay attention whether you're running a lathe or piloting a ship through hazrdous waters period. Tell them "I'll call you back" and hang up.

[canoecruiser]

If the captain were to say that in court the judge would ask him to repeat it for the record while motioning for the hitmen to get ready. That really takes some brass b@lls.

In the US we have a term for people like that; "politicians".

"By ramming the bus into the trauma center I ensured an excellent response time"!