Flitch plates

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Is the part coming out to acceptable tolerances when he does it? If so leave him alone. If not then obviously something needs to be tweeked. All designs require some different thinking as to how it will distort. Sometimes in a production environment it pays do do several pcs differently to see which...

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Most flux core calls for knurled rollers, not smooth so you can set the tension slightly less to not crush the wire, especially if one roller is flat. Blow out the liner and see if you can push the wire through by hand. You can use a torch tip cleaner to clean up mig tips.

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Unplug machine first. Pull covers. Blow inside with compressed air, if really dirty you can use a soft bristle brush to loosen dirt and blow again. Blow out gun liner both directions. You should be able to easily hand feed the appropiate size wire through gun when straight. Check connections to...

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First pic, each joist gets one plate so we did two plates in every orher bay. Second and third pic, U shaped bracket to tie into beams. Second pic you can see I punched five holes in the first ten I made as we were going to lag them in but now that we are through bolting we will only use two bolts....

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First time I've seen this. Remodel in a residential property. Putting a plate on every second floor floor joist. Approximately 50 plates 1/2" x 8" x 10ft+. Thank goodnees the framers are installing them. I am burning holes for electric, plumbing and radiant floor heat. After they are...

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I know this was not directed at me but I either use air arc or grinder depending on application. Some guys are very proficient gouging with a torch but I have always had access to air arc. They do sell 1/8" and 5/32" carbons which might work for you for occasional use....

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I use an IR wheelbarrow compressor. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...air-compressor Although it is smallish it does what I need. I do light gouging with 3/16" carbons using an arcair K2000 torch which uses minimal air. Not doing heavy gouging just some cracks or some shanks. It just barely...