Woodbutcher
Active Member
Back to the build...
So, the week before last, Daryl emptied the shop and it was time to get my frame down there and jigged up. We are under a bit of a time restraint, as the school will be locked up July 2 and we won't have access to the building untill late August. We still had lots of clean up and inventory to do, so didn't get as much time on hour government jobs as we'd like. He had two 13' "I" beams and I had a few shorter pieces, from which we made up a jig. My buddy Lee had a frame jig he has finished with, but the thing was so big and heavy that it was to cumbersome to move around, so we fabbed this one up.
A few pipe clamps were used to help align the frame as we put in the uprights that would hold the frame in place as the straightening and welding took place. There was a bit of tweaking to do, but from my inexpereicned perspective, it seemed to go pretty quick.
The centerline was established ( I like Daryl's welding wire for string) and the work could begin.
As you can see, there were a few ripples to take out. When I did some checking at home, everything seemed square, yet one of the frame rails was inboard by 1/4". So when we got it to the school, Tinn checked for square further back and we found the problem. A little heat, a little persuasion and things started looking good. One tack weld did let go, so we back tracked a bit, but got everything looking good.
So, the week before last, Daryl emptied the shop and it was time to get my frame down there and jigged up. We are under a bit of a time restraint, as the school will be locked up July 2 and we won't have access to the building untill late August. We still had lots of clean up and inventory to do, so didn't get as much time on hour government jobs as we'd like. He had two 13' "I" beams and I had a few shorter pieces, from which we made up a jig. My buddy Lee had a frame jig he has finished with, but the thing was so big and heavy that it was to cumbersome to move around, so we fabbed this one up.
A few pipe clamps were used to help align the frame as we put in the uprights that would hold the frame in place as the straightening and welding took place. There was a bit of tweaking to do, but from my inexpereicned perspective, it seemed to go pretty quick.
The centerline was established ( I like Daryl's welding wire for string) and the work could begin.
As you can see, there were a few ripples to take out. When I did some checking at home, everything seemed square, yet one of the frame rails was inboard by 1/4". So when we got it to the school, Tinn checked for square further back and we found the problem. A little heat, a little persuasion and things started looking good. One tack weld did let go, so we back tracked a bit, but got everything looking good.