Advice sought on new Mill build

[Boyan Silyavski]

how are you going to weld the inner section "the +" to the outer square section ?

very simple:


-if using big plates, first weld the core, then the 2 opposite plates, then drill every ...mm the plates and weld through the hole filling the hole with the mig. I have done it already on several occasions and works.




-but what actually i would do is use 100x10 plates, as together with the 100x100x4 profile they are available anywhere in the world and easy to cut with small band saws or dry circular saws. Which saves money. Say here in Spain steel is 0.95eur/kg if you buy from provider by the 6m, what i do. You go and buy it cut to size and they charge you 2eur/kg and some times even extra for the time they cut. Thats why i bought the circular saw, cause obviously on my build right now/ 500kg/ it saved me at least 500euro.

First weld the core, then form angle plates, then weld them to the core, then weld the final plates. Yeah, it would require some patience, careful welding and so, but a successfull build definitely requires these qualities.




depends from the method obviously the dimensions will vary a bit.