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thescruff
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 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: Welding forum |
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Just got back from the snooker where the little darling had broken into the snooker club 
They somehow managed to break the chubb hasp and staple off, which is on an 5/8" boiler bar through the wall and welded to 6" steel plates either side.
They actually bent the hasp  and I reckon they must have used mechanical means with the force they must have used.
Anyway haven't tried my hand at welding for ages 
The porch door is matchwood and they broke the style of the inner door in half
About £400 quid in damages and what did they get.
Nothing 
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Hitch
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Welding it back up for them then are you?
16mm bar bends pretty easily. And never underestimate the power of a wedge 
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ultimatehandyman
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I have been doing a lot of arc welding at work recently. I just need to suss out how to fabricate things without bending the metal 
The other day I made some stands from substancial channel section and I managed to get it to bend like a banana
Must admit though, that I like welding. It is theraputic, a bit like repointing
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thescruff
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I just welded up a steel door, will get a sheet of plate and weld it Monday/Tuesday if I can get them to deliver.
It virtually impossible not to bend the metal.
Tube and sections You can run a stitch weld down the inside which helps.
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Hitch
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Ah, distortion control, the use of clamps, strongbacks and presetting are ways to minimalise such problems.
The gates i put in the showcase gallery, the top panel of that bent a lot further than i anticipated, had to put it in the press to straighten it back out
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