Moved - New Shop - Structure Problems

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The purlins span 20ft to the next truss and the space between each purlin is 5ft....

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Can you explain more about the access hatch you are referring to? I'm not sure I understand. The insulation is flat against the sheet metal roof.
It appears they just layed the insulation perpendicular across the purlin the width of the building and then joined sections next to it until they...

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Floor jack visible here. I'm going to weld some angle iron to the side of the pipe (parallel to it to have a flat surface to weld to) and then have some thick plate sticking up past the end of the pipe. This will give me an offset to reach into the c-purlin to raise from the underside...

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Here is the temporary support.

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Well, I had leadership training this past weekend for boy scouts and got a bit busy, but noticed on Sunday it looked even worse. Didn't think it could wait much longer for a fix so took a 2 7/8" pipe and a floor jack and raised the jack about 3" by the lip of the c-purlin. That did remove...

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Here is the twisting purlin
That is just pvc conduit going across, not bridging or steel.


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Moved at the end of summer and the new place has a big shop. Have noticed the c-purlin inside is twisting. It wasn't 6 months ago. Went outside and looked at the roof line and I see a big dip. I didn't check before if the dip was there though. We did have like 4" of snow, which is a lot for this...

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That is good to hear. Once I get things setup with the DC idealarc I'll have to do a direct comparison and see how they compare.
I do wish they had their 7018 in something sealed better than a taped plastic container though....

[clint738]

What I mean by "don't do cheap when safety is an issue" is that I'm not just going to go pick up a rod I have that is 10 years old, not stored properly to weld a column to a floor plate, nor anything else that I don't need the quality of the rod affecting the integrity of the weld. I'd just...

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When I had a MM140C mig it came with Hobart wire. Once I realized most of my applications exceeded its ability I sold it and bought a MM252. I continue to use Hobart wire and have never had any issues with it. I like the Hobart wire and do use their stick electrodes often. But wanted to get some...

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I'm near Abilene, TX. It is about 3hrs west of Dallas/Ft Worth.

I thought about maybe making a rod oven that way it would have slots for the 50lb cans to slide into. That way I don't have to fiddle with taking the rods out of the cans to load it. It is on my to do list LOL. Figure I'll...

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Thanks for the info Ryan! Can't beat the accuracy of reading the label right off the container.
Guess I'll look around a bit for a good online supplier and then buy a few metal cans of Excaliber and Fleetweld when I get close to modifying my building. I don't do cheap when safety is an issue,...

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That was a great video! I really liked the demonstration of the hydrogen in the mineral oil.
Visually demonstrates why preheat and post heating are so important....

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I haven't really taken time to think about the mechanical and chemical properties, but I can see in my case 8010 would certainly be overkill and like you mentioned even though the weld has higher strength, the material will be the weak point.

I do have to give a big THANK YOU to my local...

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Griff, see I'm the opposite as I learned to weld with 5P red rod which is why I liked it somewhat over 5P+.
Also, all our welding trucks (for welding at oil rigs) always had 50lb boxes of Fleetweld 5P in multiple sizes along with several 50lb containers of Excaliber 7018. It was several years...