[TowerTalk] Crappy Welds?

[Steve]

Hi Kurt, just to put your comments in the right context I would like to know what
experience you have in the common welding processes tig, mig, stick or gas and what
type of destructive testing have you done on your welds? I would like to know what you
find as the most suitable welding technique for welding dissimilar tube wall thickness
and welding solid bar steel structure?



Kurt Andress wrote:

> > Wes & Linda wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Let me see.... I seem to recall someone posting photos of the crappy welds
> > > on freshly built Rohn tower sections that were being returned to Rohn for
> > > replacement.
> > >
>
> SNIP
>
> Hello Wes,
>
> There appears to be a misunderstanding about what Stan, W7NI's, pictures tell us
> about the freight damaged Rohn tower sections he received.
>
> There is absolutely no evidence in them that indicates there is anything wrong with
> the welds. In fact, we can't see any welds in those pictures.
>
> The fractures in those pictures were in the hot dip zinc coating fillets on the
> unwelded side of the leg/brace connection (inside of tower), and were caused by the
> bracing deformations that occurred from the mishandling.
>
> --
> 73, Kurt, K7NV
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