Thread: Welding Question

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

221 x both ends = 442 welds!!!!! x 3/4x 3.14== inches of stinky weld

8 hr day x 60 min =480 minutes/day

one weld per minute -couple potty breaks=====

Ahhh shucks just tear the deck off the house

Ya' know Jerry, I had not put the numbers to it like that, and you did not put in time for squaring each spindle, prep, etc. In fact, I had not actually totalled up the spindle count until I was looking at the "come back" to Gary's friendly poke I awoke this morning with the thought of using my metal posts, but getting some pre-fab hanger pieces for rail section 2x4's and replicating what I had originally out of composite material to eliminate maintenance and rot. Going to visit with the metal guy to price out some square bar stock spindles and punching holes in channels for setup/spacing, and to the home/decking supply place to compare prices on the replication way. I may owe 1Gary a beer or two for making me look at another angle for this railing project, but the jury's still out. I'm also listening to all the good comments about the headaches, etc from the stinky welds, and I appreciate the input.

Now enough about deck projects or this is going to start being like one of those "other" places that has more discussions about home owner projects than hot rods Thanks for all the help, guys!