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- Brendon Butler
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Founder & Director, 2Day Mine Soutions - Think Tank
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Reforming the global mining structure is the solution to green technology advancement and immediate global implementation!
A brand new primary sector understanding indicates that the global mining industry has restricted underground mining in favor of surface mining in order increase metal prices. As can be explained easily over many decades.
This mining intention has been in place for over 50 years and has increased metal prices by 400%.
The difficult thing to understand is that the mining industry is actually unaware of its existence.
So here in this lies the world solution to affordable global green technology implementation, jobs for hundreds of millions of people, a large increase in revenue for governments, and a human development turn around.
All provided by the mining industry and the 400% reduction of all base and rare earth metal prices.
The solution is in the place we last expected it to come from. Mining!
This topic is highly detailed in the publication link below.
I would love to get the feedback of TED readers involved with Green Tech, Climate Change, Government Policy, Change Leadership, and Human Development.
Brendon Butler
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Mar 2 2013: Hello ZX Style thanks for response.
Firstly, sorry for not responding to you on the other question thread.
I actually agree with your analysis that TED mat not be the best tool for my global system understanding.
I understand my publication is vague and detailed at the same time.
The publication is a series of phases. The reason for these phases has been to gain enough validity to move to the next phase. First was to get truthful responses from mining insiders about their real interpretation of the mining industry. Now if I wrote a too convincing publication I would have scared them off, so I wrote it in the style of a conspiracy theory. This technique proved to be far more valuable than I had anticipated.
1. Proving that underground mining machines and methods are not as efficient as what experienced miners believe they should be. From my own mining machinery management experience and responses from very experienced mining machinery maker insiders.
2. Proving also that miners favour surface mining for economics purposes.
Individually each of these understandings can be easily passed off as "it just happens" and I agree with that.
However, when you put them together it creates a closed-circuit system.
A closed-circuit system creates its own back and forth movements in cause and effect regardless of input from large miners or manufacturers. The fact that a Rio employee states the economic reasons for surface mining over underground mining is not the argument at all. Nor is it the fact that I have proved that mining machinery makers have had free will over increasing metal prices through restricting underground mining efficiency.
It is the combination of the two that multiplies both in to a 50year plus "natural evolution" of a closed-circuit system.
I must admit that for many years I did think that there was a managed force at play. But as time has moved on I can easily say that there is no overarching conspiracy.
So if there is no conspiracy.
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Mar 3 2013: I think it is perfectly acceptable that TED people are or may not be interested in this primary sector change.
The mining industry is not going to change the way they are. They are happy with the way things are like you. Which is fine. But I am not addressing an individual person, company or even the mining sector. I am addressing the global economic system.
Yes investors will lose value in mining specifically, but they will jump ship as they always do when the economics changes. no surprise there.
The second thing you mention is that assets will be emptied faster. I disagree. If the efficiency increases then the grams per ton to make the operation profitable drops significantly, meaning the ore body is expanded by many factors of scale. Much more to mine. A geologist will also tell you that.
As a consumer, you should be concerned. If mining takes more than it should then the prices are higher meaning that in the current state of affairs the cash velocity (high price-low volume) is reduced. This means your products, your jobs, your investment returns are all minimized by the single acceptance of "the current mining system".
This is not a mining issue. This is a me, a you, a your next door neighbor issue.
Mining is not going to change itself! So I guess it is up to me and you and manufacturing and government and green technology etc to demand the change instead.
Do you think there is an audience for this type of knowledge?
Good questions! ZXMar 2 2013: What is holding back people knowing about it?
Because it has been going on so long, it has completely integrated itself into the entire global economy and created economies and flow on systems of its very own.
This awareness of the evolutionary development global mining is something that miner CEO's and even the mining machinery maker CEO's are completely unaware of. I cannot show in a public forum the feedback I have been getting, but on LinkedIn I have a mixture of 26 VPs, Presidents, CEOs, Chairman and owners from mining companies all over the world. In addition, they are still connected with me after making them fully aware of the systems existence. Along with more than a dozen Mining Machinery Makers of equal calibre. I make sure they are acutely aware of the system also. Added, they have provided private supporting understandings. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=218072230&trk=hb_tab_pro_top
My publication is the beginning of a system response to a system issue no one knows they are a part of.
However, the system needs more than just a mining system response. This is because the price of metals affect every single economic sector in many different ways.
So, the next phase was to get the understanding from leading economists. Which I have but also cannot show in a public forum.
And finally I now have enough to take it to the final phase. Leadership capable of demanding global awareness that brings the change.
Hence my approach to the readers of TED…
So this is where you and I are right now. I do think that TED is a great platform but I am unsure for the practical purpose I require for finding a Leader. A courageous and concerned voice so to say. I no longer need more proof of concept as I have more than enough from many related experts and insiders.
I know I will not make an impact on TED, but I am fishing for Leader.
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Mar 3 2013: Thanks for advice ZX.
The professionalism of the publication was purposefully left out for the early stages to present myself as not being a threat. And someone the mining industry insiders would be more willing to show their hands to. It is a strategy I have used a lot in the past and it has treated me very well in terms of getting the difficult information.
I can not pretend to be a professional when I am only street wise "so to say".
When taking a wild global position like I am. It buys its own niche. Underdog 101.
Nothing of what I have written is business as normal.
It is not really for academics or professionals. But for a person that sees a problem and wants to fix it, take ownership of it. You get the picture. People like to offer help. It is designed to rub all the rest the wrong way. This removes the unnecessary noise.
As for TED I am just dipping my toes. I expected this to get passed off a nonsense.
I am a realist. There are probably less than a handful of people on the planet that would be capable of engaging this. I am very close to a few...
Very best
BrendonMar 2 2013: Food for thought:
I think I need to bring you up to speed of where I am actually at.
Global manufacturing companies have over US$1Trillion sitting on their books they are "desperate" to invest. How much inspiration do you think they need for this?
Governments have large debts on their balance sheets and an obligation to generate millions of jobs.
Global metal commodities are going to be slashed by me and I can do it through any Market, Government, Media Outlet and so on... in a million different forms. I only need one Leader.
When Base Metals and Rare Earth prices drop:
1. Green tech will have no option but to boom.
2. Global manufacturing will boom.
3. Hundreds of millions of jobs created
4. Government debts slashed
5. etc...
I have global unity in the palm of my hand.
So, are there any Leaders in TED?
This is not about mining deep it is about vastly improving the efficiency of shallow 1km-2km underground mining.
You are right in your understanding that this current system is advantageous to current miners. That is why I am not asking big miners to make the change. I am getting the market to demand it. And the market will demand it when it becomes aware of it.Mar 2 2013: you are on your own business agenda. this is nothing but advertising.
Mar 3 2013: Hello Krisztian, what exactly am I selling in a free publication and who exactly would actually buy any part of it?
Best regards
Mar 3 2013: i don't know, but more to that, i don't even want to know. that is supposed to be a discussion forum, not a billboard to your cause.
Mar 3 2013: Hello Krisztian,
You are more than welcome to ask me questions.
I understand how my publication can be difficult to understand as it crosses the divide of practical solutions tied into philosophical changes amongst most levels of the economic and human development spread.
I do not know your background, which makes it difficult for me to help you understand how this may affect people in your particular position (if you were actually curious) considering you only wish to provide me with statements.
Metals supply and prices are the foundation to our economy that directly affects many of the humanitarian and development conversations provided by TED. I felt it my responsibility to at least inform members and fellows of TED of these substantial changes. And then to allow myself to answer questions as best I can considering my publication is in the process of global rollout. A rather difficult position you need to understand.
However, if you feel that I have crossed the line for the informational curiosity of TED guidelines, please inform TED and I will abide by their advice.
Best regards


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My inspiration for zipper stairs came from a visit to Mesa Verde National Park, where the Anasazi Indians had carved hand and foot holes in the rocks to climb up to their cliff dwellings. Their holes were small, and were probably chipped out with much difficulty using crude tools. If one were to expand the holes until they touched each other, something they did not do, the end result would be similar to zipper stairs.
Stairs are used to climb an inclined plane. They have a vertical face and a horizontal face. As the inclined plane gets steeper, the vertical face gets higher and the horizontal face gets narrower. The higher the step, the harder it is on ones knees. As the horizontal face gets narrower, ones foot eventually doesnt fit on the step, unless the foot is placed sideways, which is awkward. Going up and down traditional steps becomes more dangerous the steeper they get.
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I really want to try making some of these. I have 3 acres down the hill.
Thanks for a great idea and an outstanding Ible !
On such a steep stairs, I'd like to have a rail or rope to grab. It's often best to descend while facing the slope. Toes are better on a narrow step than heels.
You're a refugee from LA. Did you work on the original "planet of the apes"?
Nope, I never worked on the original Planet of the Apes.
Concerning your comments on "traditional stairs", it's all in the design. If someone tries to build a stair with a very short overall run, the only way to accomplish that is to increase the individual rise of each tread or decrease the tread length. However, there are codes governing this and they stipulate that the rise and run of each tread falls within an (easily scalable) specific height or length, which (by default) limits the slope of any stair. No stair built today would ever pass code where (as you say) "ones foot eventually doesnt fit on the step, unless the foot is placed sideways, which is awkward." Treads must be a certain length (length here is measured from one rise to another). The IRC stipulates the following codes: "10" minimum tread length, measured from nose to nose of adjacent treads, is required. IRC RR 314.2 16. Risers shall not measure more than 7,3/4". IRC RR314.2 17. A maximum 3/8" differential is permitted from the largest to the smallest tread, or the largest to the smallest riser. IRC RR314.2" These are easily climbed by the young and old alike.
Your design seems as it is meant (primarily) to solve the problem of maximizing space. By placing more treads (and hence individual rises) in a smaller space (a shorter overall run) it maximizes space, and it is safer than someone building something out of code with unsafe rises or tread lengths - no doubt about that. I just don't see why either need be an option. Even in your example here, you have more room for a longer run, why not just build a standard stair with a safe rise and run? Yours are certainly safer than a steep rise or shallow run, but why do either? It's cool, but it limits accessibility and trades safety for a high "neato" factor. I suppose if someone were building it for themselves, and had limited depth for a regular run of stairs, this might be fun, but what about when they get older? One could just as easily build a circular design, that handily accommodates a limited depth.
As for passing code . . . .
Most visitors, including older ones, comment about how much more comfortable these stairs are than standard ones would be, given the same slope.
These particular steps have plenty of room for two feet to stand and rest on them.
You should see kids climbing or going down them. They take a step, turn, take a step, turn, take a step, etc. It all looks very safe and manageable to me. Plus, with the shorter rise for each step, that makes it easier for kids, and old people.
In matters of safety, with standard steps I imagine a kid going thumpety, thumpety, thumpety all the way down. With zipper stairs, I would imagine a zig-zag trajectory, with probably a thumpety, thumpety, stop. Fortunately, no children have ever fallen on the stairs to test this theory.
As far as building codes go, I'm sure they are there for a good purpose. Stairs have been traditionally made with other building techniques, however, and those are the techniques the codes have been built around. These are sculpted stairs, and what they do they do well, if I do say so myself.
Circular design stairs have a high "neato" factor, also. I find triangular stairs dangerous in comparison to these basically rectangular ones. The "neato" factor in itself is not bad.
I'm glad to hear no child has ever fallen, particularly if a lot of kids have climbed them.
I can assure you that the stair codes are constantly being revisited, challenged and (very rarely) changed based upon many, many local and national meetings. I, myself have attended and presented at local meetings for changes to the codes. The inspectors and officials that are responsible for setting and enforcing the codes are well aware of the different designs (including Jefferson stairs) and have rejected these as unsafe for various reasons. I was actually at a code meeting at the local level in a city (suburb) that was using codes to hinder construction. They were making codes so restrictive that it took either too much time or too much money to make building feasible. The code in question was "continuous rail". Most cities interpret it to mean that the handrail must run from the first rise to the last rise with no breaks in the rail, unless there is a change in direction (at the turn) whereupon a newel (post) may be placed. Some cities don't allow a newel (post) and the rail must be continuous. However, this city interpreted "breaks" to mean that the handrail couldn't have *any* cuts in it. For example, say there was a small opening rake and then a landing with a 90 degree change in direction, which continues on for another rake run, the rail could not be cut and pieced together to create a continuous rail. They interpreted it to mean the rail had to be uncut, which meant it had to be bent rail, which was impossible in many situations (which is what they wanted). So, homebuilders began to design only stairs that were circular or straight with changes that could be covered with bent rail (a real feat in some cases, I don't mind telling you).
At any rate, at this meeting a landscaper presented his case for steps up a walkway that were similar (in some ways) to your design, although his were much less elegant. He presented, they laughed, we moved on. They've seen other designs and rejected them. I presented at the same meeting with a representative from one of the spiral stair companies (the kind that sell as "kits") because of a problem they were having concerning the way the two types of handrail met at the top. The spiral stairs were built with either iron, or wooden handrail that was not available from any stair part supplier. The inspectors were red-tagging it because there was a difference in the profile of the handrail, which they interpreted as a "break" in the rail. We presented a compromise which they took under advisement, which must have worked because the inspectors quit red tagging us. Point being, they know the different designs that are out there, and they reject them as "unsafe".
I'll tell you why your stairs would be rejected, because only one person may terminate at a time. This is a big no-no in the construction of stairs, particularly a commercial installation (which your stairs have been built for, unless I'm mistaken). Commercial codes are more restrictive than residential codes, but one of the cardinal rules there is that case must be wide enough, and the treads designed such that they accommodate more than one person. This is important, for example, in case of a fire. You can't have one incapacitated person clogging up the entire egress for everyone else. There must be room to tend to that person, while the others continue to exit. The other reason why they would be rejected is for the reason I already mentioned, a person must be able to take one tread at a time and be able to stop, with both feel on the same tread (facing forward) in any installation (even a spiral one). For folks to do that on your design, they would have to make a (rather marked) change in direction, basically turning 45 degrees each time. That is simply unsafe.
What you say is true, smaller rises are easier for older folks to climb, but that is just one part of the puzzle to making a safe, scalable stair. Smaller rises are easily accomplished in a traditional stair, with standard treads, as long as there is enough room for the overall run. You see these types in some cities, where there are many long, wide treads and small (less than 5") rises built in concrete. There is one in a city center near me with a fountain in the middle.
I agree with you, the neato factor is important - not more important that safety and accessability - and sholud be considered any time anything is designed for humans to use. I built stairs for 20 years and constructed some pretty neato designs myself, though none as radical as yours. I put up some of the more traditional ones on my Flickr page here:
In the future I'll put up ones that were more unconventional, including a stair I did for a man that was WAY into fish, which incorporated saltwater tanks in the walls, custom, metal balusters shaped like dolphins and a huge rail that undulated like waves. The problem is, in many of the more custom homes, the homeowners either make you sign a contract prohibiting you "sharing" the design, or posting pics. Sometimes it helps waiting a few years for them to decide no one is going to heist "their" (my) design.
The most neato thing you've ever done is add testicles to a water spigot. Hands down. It took real balls to do that!
Unfortunately, your flickr.com photo link did not work for me. I would like to see your unusual designs (especially the ones you can't show me.)
Back to the zipper stairs. You can put two feet on one stair while facing forward. If necessary, you just put one foot slightly in front of the other one. That way, both feet get the full diagonal distance of the stair.
If one person stands on one stair, that leaves the other lane open for passing. The person in a hurry just has to take a 2-step step. I have done that sometimes, playing with younger upstarts who want to race me. I catch up and pass them by using only the steps in one lane. (I'm in pretty good physical shape to begin with.)
The zipper stair concept is flexible. At a low slope, there is no need to use them. Standard stairs are fine. As the slope increases, the angle at which the stairs meet changes, getting more and more acute. Although I have never had to go beyond 90 degrees, theoretically you could climb an almost vertical crack in a wall, with long narrow steps on either side of you.
Hand railings are a problem I have not dealt with much yet. In zipper-like stairs on top of my house I once put an overhead hand rail down the center of the stairway, attached to the overhead trellis. It is for my use only, not for visitors.
Zipper stairs are easy to carve into the dirt and line with nylon-cement. I imagine they would be a lot more difficult as a woodworking project. I have done an above-ground set of ferro-cement zipper stairs at my guesthouse, however (photo attached). The geometry of the rod work is a bit tricky, but fun.
My construction is not commercial. It is part of my home and private guesthouse.
The thing I like about the stuff you build is, there is no precedent for it. I'm sure you hear this a lot, "Oh, you can't do that" - or, "That won't work that way". I've heard that so many times it makes me boil. I've gotten to where when someone asks why I need this or that part, or some product, I don't tell them or I just make something up, because I don't need some pneumatic tool salesman to tell me that I can't use brass fittings for a glue bottle or whatever.
When you innovate - as you do - you always get someone telling you "it won't work" or "that's not right" or whatever. I didn't mean to turn into that guy. If I wasn't interested in the design and the application, I wouldn't have brought up the issues with it I did.
It is too bad that one sometimes has to live in the jungle to have the freedom to experiment. People and all their "correct" ways of doing things do get in the way sometimes.
stairway? Those are, last I looked, legal anywhere a ladder
would be legal.
I love the natural look of these and they would definitely be easier on my knees. :)
I could sure use a set of these down my hillside to stop erosion and give me access to my 'back 40'. :)
It looks to me as though it channels water down the center. Does that create water damage at the bottom?
These images follow the alternating steps concept. However, the 45 degree angled steps you created for your project seem to be uniquely yours. Well done
The design with triangular solid rungs seems to be specially applicable to your case.
Thank you for your valuable instructables.
I recently came across your site after looking at the magnesium ferrocement on Owen Geiger's earthbag blog as nylon cement is mentioned.
The zipper-stairs are just plain elegant. The minute mentioned Mesa Verde I knew exactly what you meant. The idea of joining the foot/hand holds into stair-like structure is very cool. Major kudos for that.
As for the nylon-cement, what is the oldest structure you have made of it and how is the nylon holding up? Or, to put it another way, do you feel the net is only necessary as a structural element until the cement cures, or do you think it provides 'rebar' like strength even after cure, and if so, for how long? I'm just looking for gut answers here, nothing scientific. I'm thinking the nylon would not last as long as galvanized chicken wire, even embedded in concrete, but am not sure that really matters if the crete is thick enough and "domed/arched" enough to provide its own structural properties. I live on an island in the NC sounds and old fishnet is always washing up somewhere. My 14 y.o. son recently made a new net for his basketball hoop out of some he'd found while oystering.
I'm guessing that some of my thin nylon-cement layers on the ground must be around 20 years old now, at least. It performs as expected. Protected from the sunlight it lasts a long time. I got used fishnet to begin with, so most of it had sun exposure and was not 100% strong to begin with. It is hard to measure any weakening over time. If it doesn't tear, though, it is functionally just as useful as 100% strong new fishnet.
On the stairs, it helps to make the cement a little thicker, because coming down the stairs, one's impact is greater than it normally is in walking. The front face of the steps benefits from extra thickness, because the edge of the stairs takes the most impact.
The fishnet does not provide rebar-like strength. It stretches, whereas the rebar does not, but the rebar and chicken wire can rust, which the fishnet does not. On the ground, I prefer to avoid the use of iron completely.
If the cement work gets too many cracks, you can always pressure clean it and "paint" it with a layer of colored cement -- returning it to like new appearance.
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Thank you for a brilliant design.
With standard stairs on a steep slope, you get a high rise for each step (knee bends more), and less space for the foot. By turning the stairs at 90 degrees to each other, you get to use the longer diagonal distance for the foot. Also, there seem to be more steps, so the rise is less for each step.


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An Iraq war veteran now serving as a senior Department of Veterans Affairs official opened the world's largest and longest-running disabled sports event here last night, and he challenged almost 400 veterans to reach for new heights through teamwork and mental and physical toughness.
"We all know the importance of sports and the incredible results that they can play in not only healing our minds and bodies, but our spirits as well," Tommy Sowers, VA assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, told participants at opening ceremonies for the 27th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo.
"Sports are more than just activity and competition," he said. "They improve us, they teach us, they challenge us and make us stronger – and they do it in ways that we cannot imagine."
Sowers urged the participants, including many that were wounded during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, to push their limits as they tackle events designed to help them discover new abilities.
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The clinic, co-sponsored by VA and the Disabled American Veterans, is open to U.S. military veterans with disabilities ranging from spinal cord injuries and orthopedic amputations to visual impairment and neurological conditions.
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I've been trying to find a place where i can find up coming tournys in Oregon.
If you happen to know please drop a line. for example the winter series. The first was at the Grove and the next is at Perkins Peninsula. I only know because a friend is letting me know.But i would like to be able to see for myself. thanks for any info that leads to the rite place. Also looking for local players to throw with. especially on Mondays, wife is at work, kids in school and I'm off work. AKA daddy day. maybe i'll see you around. keep on huckin... deuces.
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Oregon has a HUGE scene. Salem, Portland, Eugene, and EVERYWHERE between have clubs and schedules. I am going down to Salem for my kids Birthday party with family on Dec. 10th, but playing in a tourney on the 11th. Where are you at in Orygun????
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ok so theres a winter series going on at the moment 2nd game is the 27 and I cant seem to find it. not on the DGscene site or the NW DG NEWS
so it says. I did find it. word on the course is the tourney is at Perkins Peninsula. fern ridge area
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There are others, but this should get you out there, and meeting others that will hook you up with more inside tracks to lots of tourneys in the rich DG state of Oregon. Go Ducks....or Beavers if you prefer.
Ok THANK YOU everyone I found what I was looking for. I'm hoping ian is right about Alton Baker.
Seeing how its only 5 minutes from home. Cant wait till its done so I can play it regularly.
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Can anyone offer me some tips on welding a vehicle frame together? What I would like to do is cut a vehicle frame in half(because the rear frame is bent) and weld a good rear half back on to it. The truck frame would need to be cut in the center, so there would be a lot of stress in this area. Please be aware this frame is a box type frame.
My plan is to make a top to bottom vertical cut and then weld it back together like a butt joint. What could I do to make this area as strong as it needs to be.
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It would need more reinforcement than just butt welding it back together.
You will need some sort of fish plates welded over the butt joints, and perhaps more reincorcement.
You also might consider making a step cut in each of the frames, and having them mate together.
Finally, this might be a bad idea altogether, and it might be better to just find a straight frame, if possible.
No straight cuts on frames. Sides, and top/bottom flanges should be cut on 45 degree angles to disperse stress loads and to allow for greatest amount of weld surface area.
To re-inforce, either load frame inside with tubing that fits inside of current frame, or weld on "fish plating" or load dispersing panels on the outside as mentioned.
Maybe do some checking around to see if someone in your area has done this sort of thing before and is willing to give you some tips and hands-on demonstration.
I have no idea of your skill level, and intend no insult, but when doing this kind of work, you don't really have any room for errors.
Opinions vary, this is how I'd do it.
Best of Luck.Later,
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Don't hold me to the wall here but I read somewhere not to do vertical welds on a frame especially in an area of high stress. If you did weld the new back half
of the frame on you would need reinforcement plates. Again, when welding the side plates, weld only the horzintal top and bottom, not the vertical left and right ends.............per the article I read. The heat generated at the vertical welds changes the metal some and invites a new place to break.
Be sure to get the advice of a pro.Nick
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No vertical welds. They ALWAYS crack.Triggerman
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For Aircraft we use a 30 degree angle for all splices, along with a doubler inside, or a sleeve outside of the tube, also with the ends cut at 30 degrees if an external sleeve. Is this for on or off road use? Depending on the State, the local DOT may have regulations on this type of repair.
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welded frame
i did a mack truck one time..the owner said he went to mac truck and asked them ..this is what he had me do...cut on 30 degree angle..weld all around and then grind the outside flush..he had ordered another C channel from Mack to fit over the original frame...stuck by `18 inches each side...six bolts on each side...no welding on this piece allowed..
the top flange of the channel was allowed to be notched for any obstructions caused by the original frame but not the bottom flange...anything here had to be removed and put back on the new bottom flange


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