Big Chunk of Steel

[woodnut]

I saw this on the highway the other day.

This is about the 10 truck I have seem in as many days hauling these.

From what I can figure they are about a 12" thick, 4' wide and at least 15' long.

No clue what they would be for, I thought they were concrete at first but I could see the cut marks on the sides of them.

No I wasn't driving when I took this picture.

John

 

[IronHorse]

I think that is my latest delivery from Metal Supermarkets for my next project :big:



IronHorse

 

[Herbiev]

Sorry. Forgot to mention I bought the Brooklyn bridge. On its way to Oz :big:

 

[Catminer]

"Sorry. Forgot to mention I bought the Brooklyn bridge. On its way to Oz"

Shipping via Canada? I guess if you can afford a bridge why scrimp on the shipping costs :big:

Peter

 

[Herbiev]

No worries Peter. Grab your hacksaw and cut off a chunk ;D

 

[woodnut]

What would you use to cut this with?

Some kind of big torch I am assuming?

You would need one hell of a hacksaw otherwise.

John

 

[chuck foster]

there is a place over by hwy 27 and 407 called carbon steel.
i have seen them cutting plate steel 24" or 26" thick (with a torch) and they say they can cut up to 36" thick plate.

the steel in the picture might be going to them.
the last time a was there they had steel sheets piled 15 to 18 feet high.

chuck

 

[steamer]

There's a fab shop I frequent on business just down the road from me...they can cut up to 24" plate...and I have watched them fire up their new roller and roll 5.5" boiler plate into a semi circle with an 18" inside radius!....COLD!
Amazing what you can do with the right tool!

Dave

 

[rake60]

I have seen CNC torches cut round blanks out of material 12" thick.

Next job for my machine, material isn't even blanked out yet = break time!
(Or Not...)

That CNC torch could burn a 4 foot diameter blank out of a 12" thick plate in about
7 minutes.

Then I'd say it was too hot to pick up with nylon straps.
That never worked either..... :

Rick

 

[purpleknif]

Where I work we get burnouts 48" thick x 72" diameter. They get machined into bearing housings.