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Posted by Brent on February 15, 2008, 7:08 pm
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> Ive somewhere around 1500 lb+s of various welding rods.
> Probably 30% of it is open
>
> Anyone have any good ideas about how to store a big assed pile of
> boxed/canned/tubed electrodes?
>
> Id considered a non working refridgerator...but they are too small and
> anything basicly made out of plastic....aint going to be strong
> enough. Or big enough.
>
> Come to think of it..I also have at least 300lbs of various mig wire,
> steel, stainless and aluminum.
>
> Summer time, low humidity and high temps are not a problem. Foggy and
> humid winters IS an issue.
>
> I dont worry too much about the Lo/Hi rods getting too wet, as they
> are seldom ever used in applications concerned with embrittlement, but
> having secure storage without the rod ends rusting..IS a concern.
>
> Any ideas/Suggestions using or converting something scroungable?
>
> Or making something from scratch?
>
> Gunner
>
> "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
> Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
> off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
> them self determination under "play nice" rules.
>
> Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you
> for torturing the cat." Gunner
If i was being sarcastic i would take two options.
1.Post packages and lighten the load into Usenet unless you expect to
be depositing 3/4 of a ton of weld in the forseeable future (I dont
see there being many shipyards in Taft)
2 20 foot shipping container. in your climate you will not have the
moisture issues i do.
the going rate for a used 20 footer up here is $2K so it might be a
tad on the expensive side although canada does not have the same giant
"container surplus" the west coast of the US is rumoured to have.
otherwise i would recommend old chest freezers. you SHOULD be able to
find coolant leaked units for the price of collecting them. If they
get "Castrated" and get the compressor and so on removes they are
pretty light as a unit.
Basically they become exactly waht you want... the worlds biggest
"tupperware" container
scrounging a few dead freezers or fridges with the shelves built in
seems like a perfect fit. the seals on them RARELY fail and they are
usually considered worthless once the compressor or gas is emptied
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> Probably 30% of it is open
>
> Anyone have any good ideas about how to store a big assed pile of
> boxed/canned/tubed electrodes?
>
> Id considered a non working refridgerator...but they are too small and
> anything basicly made out of plastic....aint going to be strong
> enough. Or big enough.
>
> Come to think of it..I also have at least 300lbs of various mig wire,
> steel, stainless and aluminum.
>
> Summer time, low humidity and high temps are not a problem. Foggy and
> humid winters IS an issue.
>
> I dont worry too much about the Lo/Hi rods getting too wet, as they
> are seldom ever used in applications concerned with embrittlement, but
> having secure storage without the rod ends rusting..IS a concern.
>
> Any ideas/Suggestions using or converting something scroungable?
>
> Or making something from scratch?
>
> Gunner
>
> "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
> Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
> off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
> them self determination under "play nice" rules.
>
> Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you
> for torturing the cat." Gunner