Re: [ATM] Tees instead of triangles

[Kevin Whitefire <chaosopher23@yahoo.com>]

Welds tend to be a little softer than the base metals.
 Other than that, unless it was welded by a drunken
novice, it's probably OK.

Kevin

--- "Alan K. Henderson" <alankh@ev1.net> wrote:
> Can't remember where I saw this, but somebody out
> there has a large aperture
> scope where the "triangles" are made from 1" square
> tubing welded together
> in a T shape. The tee would be made from either two
> tubing sections (one
> vertical and horizontal section each) or three (two
> horizontal sections,
> welded to either side of one end of the vertical).
> If I use the two-section
> design for my upcoming project, the center of the
> hole for the "triangle"
> pivot bolt would be only .22 inches from the weld;
> assuming a quarter-inch
> bolt, that's 1/8" distance between the edge of the
> hole and the weld. Is
> there any reason why drilling that close to a weld
> (or welding that close to
> an already-drilled hole) is a bad idea? If so, I can
> always go with the
> three-section alternative, even if that means extra
> welding.
> 
> Alan K. Henderson
> 
> 
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