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5th November 2013, 10:31 AM #1Senior Member
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Railing job
This is what i have been doing at work for the last few weeks. Normally we make these work platforms and they have 2x2 sq tube posts and welded cross bars from 1 1/2" tubing. This batch of platforms has 1 5/8" formed railing with cross rails that need coped. So i have like 390 rail sections to fit and tack together for the welders. Plus they have pockets that the rails sit in and need to all be removable. I have found the quickest way to cope the 1 5/8" tube is with a grinder and 36 grit sanding disc. Like 30 seconds per end. Just measure between the uprights and add 1/2". Then scribe a line 1/4" from the tube end and grind to the line while feathering to the center of the tube then roll the tube 180 degrees and do the other side. Piece of cake...Bob
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5th November 2013, 09:53 PM #2Philomath in training
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I'm glad someone else gets to do that and not me.
So is the grind a straight one or is there some shape to it?
Looks like it should work though. Do the welders have any problems with gaps?
(I have one of those fancy hole saw things for shaping the tube ends but I don't think it does a better job than what you and TH62 have done with straight cuts.
Michael
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6th November 2013, 12:29 PM #3Senior Member
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Nope no problems with the gaps with a mig. We have to use .045 gas flux core wire per shop rules. Yup they are ground straight across...Bob
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