[TheForge] welding question

Tue Mar 26 00:29:02 2002

thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Watts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] welding question


>Hey, Dan...
>I'd probably chamfer the stub 1/4",  run a 1/2" fillet all the way around
on
>the outside, then add a stiffener plate or two to the inside to keep the
>tube from deforming (just in case) and if it's overkill, just chalk it up
to
>cheap insurance.
>George.
>
>PS-If you want to be extra careful, you can always run it with 11018!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "irontree" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:38 AM
>Subject: [TheForge] welding question
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>      Got a welding question.  I am making a powerhammer.  I have to
attach
>a
>> stub axel to the upright support post of the hammer.  The upright post is
>> the part that holds the eccentric wheel that make the hammer go up and
>down.
>> The upright is made from a 7ft length of /14 inch thick wall 6x8 that
will
>> be filled with sand of concrete to dampen vibration.  see image below .
>Okay
>> here is the question.
>> The back of the stub axel is flat.  I could just stand it up on the post
>> just weld it on.  It is going to take a lot of vibration.  Should I cut a
>> hole in the post and weld the axel from the inside or do you think a
>surface
>> weld with good pentration will be enough.  What about adding welded
>supports
>> to the inside of post? The axel is too short to fit all the way through
to
>> the back side of the post, but I could weld an extension on it.  Am I
>> overkilling here?  Would a simple surface weld hold? I am not worried
>about
>> the quality of the weld just the amount of vibration this will see.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dan
>> www.visi.com/~irontree
>>
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