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Hello, Fellow welders,
Question of the day,
I had to rip out part of the floor in a raw meat fridge as the galvalume floor was warping in the seams up and pretty much making a gap in the center of the floor which obviously, is not sanitary. So out went the warped part of the floor, and I put a brand new 3003 diamond plate floor over it and then welded all 16 feet (each plate is 8 ft) of the joining seams together so there was no way in **** it would ever do anything like that again.
Only problem is the warping in the plates, I held them down with the 4 crates, each crate had 100 pounds of potatoes on them and I brought in my 2 empty bottles of argon as additional weights. One side is perfect and does not move, the other one, not so much. IF you step in the center of the floor, it moves. I spent about 8 or 9 hours in that box yesterday, welding bit by bit, not staying in one area too long and all those things, even brought in a 4x4 and a long 2x4 to hold that area down while welding in it but still, did not prevail.
Then the seams were all siliconed which is great, except for the area that moves and as I expected, it broke the silicone joint so now I will have to redo it when there is weight on it. So here is my question now that you know what I did all Saturday, how would you keep that floor from moving? Is there even a way? My boss, who did metalwork for 30 years says I did great and it was good in the end but I feel like there's gotta be a way to do this type of thing and somehow, keep it from doing it.
Oh, and the fun part, managed to break 4 cups for my TIG, 2 of which disconnected mid welding, learned you can't keep welding with only half a cup since your collet will just weld itself together and drop part of itself into the puddle.... Dipping your torch in water is not always a good idea and well, don't rest your boot on top of the cup when its still flaming hot, as it will, burn your boot. A frustrating day indeed but its done, and I have some pictures so you can see what I am talking about.
Question of the day,
I had to rip out part of the floor in a raw meat fridge as the galvalume floor was warping in the seams up and pretty much making a gap in the center of the floor which obviously, is not sanitary. So out went the warped part of the floor, and I put a brand new 3003 diamond plate floor over it and then welded all 16 feet (each plate is 8 ft) of the joining seams together so there was no way in **** it would ever do anything like that again.
Only problem is the warping in the plates, I held them down with the 4 crates, each crate had 100 pounds of potatoes on them and I brought in my 2 empty bottles of argon as additional weights. One side is perfect and does not move, the other one, not so much. IF you step in the center of the floor, it moves. I spent about 8 or 9 hours in that box yesterday, welding bit by bit, not staying in one area too long and all those things, even brought in a 4x4 and a long 2x4 to hold that area down while welding in it but still, did not prevail.
Then the seams were all siliconed which is great, except for the area that moves and as I expected, it broke the silicone joint so now I will have to redo it when there is weight on it. So here is my question now that you know what I did all Saturday, how would you keep that floor from moving? Is there even a way? My boss, who did metalwork for 30 years says I did great and it was good in the end but I feel like there's gotta be a way to do this type of thing and somehow, keep it from doing it.
Oh, and the fun part, managed to break 4 cups for my TIG, 2 of which disconnected mid welding, learned you can't keep welding with only half a cup since your collet will just weld itself together and drop part of itself into the puddle.... Dipping your torch in water is not always a good idea and well, don't rest your boot on top of the cup when its still flaming hot, as it will, burn your boot. A frustrating day indeed but its done, and I have some pictures so you can see what I am talking about.
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