BigBadDodge
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Thought i'd share some pics of a cool project i got to work on. I was recommended to weld this up since a. i'm 1 of 2 actual aws certified welders in the shop and b. i was dumb enough to say ok
This is on a new 550 ton accupress our fab dept. got, this replaced a old 750 ton press that had been in our shop since 77. and prior to that spent some time at the original facility in washington. Figure this is somewhat leaving my legacy as this should be in the ground longer than i'm around. Future people may not know who welded it, but they'll know im a bad a$$ according to the equipment installer
Feet on the front came in wrong so they got these adapter plates to go in between the factory foot and mounting pad, these had a 3/4" bevel cut into the side(after pic) For size thats a 2x4 its propped up on
Plate welded to machine, 5 pass from the machine to plate and another 5 between the foot and plate
other side
Heres the rear feet welded to the footing plate which is welded to plates in the ground, to give you an idea of the size the white foot is 18"x18" and the big plate thats welded to is 24"x48"x2" the bolt shank is 1.25" all these were done with a 1/2" bevel between plates and 3 passes
These were done with a 500amp hobart power source and 100% duty cycle feeder running just about all she had, the rears ran me about 1.5hrs each and the fronts were a little over 2hrs each of basically non stop, hood down running. I made it 4hrs yesterday of being down on my hands and knees and in all sorts of odd positions before i decided to ax it and finish this morning . I'll try to remember to take a pic of the machine from the front tomorrow its massive, about 16ft above ground and the lower blade goes into the concrete about 6ft.
This is on a new 550 ton accupress our fab dept. got, this replaced a old 750 ton press that had been in our shop since 77. and prior to that spent some time at the original facility in washington. Figure this is somewhat leaving my legacy as this should be in the ground longer than i'm around. Future people may not know who welded it, but they'll know im a bad a$$ according to the equipment installer
Feet on the front came in wrong so they got these adapter plates to go in between the factory foot and mounting pad, these had a 3/4" bevel cut into the side(after pic) For size thats a 2x4 its propped up on
Plate welded to machine, 5 pass from the machine to plate and another 5 between the foot and plate
other side
Heres the rear feet welded to the footing plate which is welded to plates in the ground, to give you an idea of the size the white foot is 18"x18" and the big plate thats welded to is 24"x48"x2" the bolt shank is 1.25" all these were done with a 1/2" bevel between plates and 3 passes
These were done with a 500amp hobart power source and 100% duty cycle feeder running just about all she had, the rears ran me about 1.5hrs each and the fronts were a little over 2hrs each of basically non stop, hood down running. I made it 4hrs yesterday of being down on my hands and knees and in all sorts of odd positions before i decided to ax it and finish this morning . I'll try to remember to take a pic of the machine from the front tomorrow its massive, about 16ft above ground and the lower blade goes into the concrete about 6ft.
