Fabricating a cranked steel roof beam with glulam connection plates

[@mcfwelding]

Welcome to youtube! Glad you're here now too

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thanks mate. Nice to be able to do some longer format videos for a change

[@ukconstruction]

Great video!! Many thanks for the kind shout out at the end too Adam!! Looking forward to you teaching me to weld!!!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thank you Robin, your help has been great. I can’t wait till we get you and Ed down here and get you both setup welding. Maybe have a couple beers after as well 😂. I love your videos

[@diffyonhotodiffyonhoto6853]

I wish I could cut steel that perfectly with an angle grinder! Great skill.

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

It’s definitely a skill I have learnt over the years. I think I can cut a miter better with a grinder than some bandsaws can lol😂 thanks mate

[@ShaneC5296]

Love to see a vid on the bandsaw roller feed table

[@russellmcallister6830]

Please keep the videos coming absaloutly excellent !!!! Thank you

[@ned_mograph5957]

love your other content! so glad you're making longer form content!

[@bruce5535]

Thanks enjoyed that, used to do a bit of fabrication many years ago, so thoroughly enjoyed that. Robin and Ed put me onto the channel

[@hornetboy3694]

Awesome video, thank you great work😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@465maltbie]

Thanks for sharing. Charles

[@CurruptPeanut]

Glad you decided to do the KZbin channel, followed you on instagram for a while. Buzzing to see your jobs.

[@mitchellauger4804]

Awesome mate Mitch MSA_Fabrication 👌👍👍

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Just found your channel. Awesome craftsmanship and work there. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work. Fab On. Weld On. Fab On. Keep Making. God Bless.

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thanks very much dude. I am aiming to put a video out per week if I can fit it in around work

[@ramhomes9074]

Great fabrication

[@ernestdoleman2487]

Awesome welds! Top notch fitting job. I wish I had a pulse welder at work. Great video.Thanks!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Going over to pulse sure has been a real treat. Glad I spent the money on it.

[@LOGDOG5375]

@Semmens steel fabrication ... Really enjoying your channel! Liked and subscribed. I'm actually wanting to have frames like this fabricated for some building projects I have here in the USA. Keep making videos... really enjoy watching the fabrication work come together.

[@HardWeldPL]

Nice job. A lot of solo working. Very inspiring. Thumb up from Poland

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thanks mate. Yeah it’s me in here in my own most of the time and my father is here doing bits as well. I would rather work on my own to be honest.

[@morganskinner3863]

Reminds me of my first job, sweeping up at MGC in Wadebridge in the late 70’s. I loved having a go with the bandsaw and there was a forge too which was a firm favourite of mine. Glad to see some KZbin content from Kernow!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thank you very much Morgan. There isn’t much fabrication work from cornwall on here so I thought it was about time we put something out. Cheers

[@RJJ1990]

Brilliant video, good to see a british steel fabricator/welder on youtube! Look forward to more content! Plus any tips tricks hints please share them! Im a farmer that tries to weld 😂 so will be much appreciated! 👍

[@jvazquez53]

Beautiful welds!

[@willty]

Brilliant channel excellent content

[@harveysemmens7177]

🤩🤩 very proud!

[@rustycreations]

Loving the videos soo far.. Good to see videos like this. I want your snapback!!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers dude. Glad the videos hit the spot. I will get some more caps done and do a giveaway soon. We are getting close to 100k followers on Instagram so might do something around hitting that milestone

[@rustycreations]

@@semmenssteelfabrication2315 no worries.. I don't do this sort of structural fabrication so it's good to learn about it. If you get an extra one made.. I'd 100% buy it. Just followed on Insta 👍

[@AirrenTheBear]

Good stuff mate from a fellow fabricator/coded welder 👍

[@biasbilt]

For your first video, you were excellent. Well done! Great fabrication too, you’ll be way more accurate than the builder.

[@cloudedmoon]

Wow thank you for sharing all your knowledge. I am confident that I could do my own construction work after watching a few videos like these!

[@robwatts6960]

Great choice in welding plant I run 19 ewm Taurus steel pulse plants brilliant machines..

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Amen to that mate. I love this machine, I still have a lot to get used to on it as it was new only a couple weeks ago but so far so good. I got the smaller pico 160 pulse stick welder and that’s the best unit I have every had for mobile work. Great little welder

[@somalia5019]

New subscribed from Somalia

[@jackausden1011]

Tidy work as always Adam. Nice to get in to some more detail on KZbin. Liked the little angle bracket tacked to the table as a jig. I overlook jigging way too much so really gonna try and utilise it going forward Keep the vids coming Jack

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers Jac, your work is probably like mine that most of it is one off items or maybe 2 of them so it’s hard to justify a jig. These were easy to make up and just helped make sure all frames were exactly the same. Cheers pal

[@scottvirgogp]

Thanks for posting the video - great watch, all subscribed up!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers Scott I appreciate the follow

[@GamersNoob]

Bin following on Instagram a while now, great to see you on the tubes! Some tips for upcoming video's: -Shop tour. -Tool video. -Shop made tools meaby? -On site work rig. I find that shop tour or shop upgrade video's always do good.

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thanks for the ideas dude. I will try and incorporate these into future videos. Cheers

[@GamersNoob]

No worries, really liked the video. Can’t wait for the next one🤘🏼

[@curtishatfield9629]

Just found your KZbin page and I really love video. Can you show how you made your steel sawhorse's? Please keep making the KZbin videos!

[@colinross1690]

Quality workmanship, glad I stumbled across your channel. Looking forward to seeing future content.

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers pal. Hope to get plenty out this year and build a nice back catalog of videos

[@mrkonrady22]

Great stuff as always Adam and thanks for the bonus footage at the end 😁 hopefully we will see some installation process as well (doesn't need to be this one) 😎

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thanks mate. Yeah I will definitely try and do some install videos as well if we get a good job that’s a quiet site to film on

[@johncockfield6015]

Very informative. I'm impressed with the attention to detail. Your friendly armchair welding warrior! 😁

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Ah thanks John. Super pleased to see you watched my first one. Your one of the nice arm chair welding warriors 😂( incase anyone was wondering, johns my father law)

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks

[@lewigas290]

Really enjoyed watching your work and learned loads. Probably a pain for you but could you do a short if on how you fabricated the plasma guide. I know it looks like a piece of thick angle with rebar handle and another piece set up from the cut line but a quick tour on how you made it would help quite a few of us. Cheers looking forward to more vids already 👍

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Yeah we can do something in a video soon mate.

[@vaux_wolf4281]

Hi just stumbled across your channel through my KZbin feed, I am plater myself and enjoy this type of work, those Pcutters are a brilliant bit off kit, I’d be lost without mine. Really enjoyed the upload, hopefully more to come. Oh and absolutely nothing wrong with the welding 😂 cheers 👍🍺

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Hi mate. Thanks very much for the comment. Your right, having a plasma cutter is such a help. I would definitely like to upgrade to a bigger on for the shop at some point. Glad you liked the video. I hope to get a couple out per month if I can find the time to make them up. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

[@JonDingle]

I follow you on Instagram and just found your KZbin channel tonight. Great video young man. I always enjoy watching skilled fabricators doing their stuff and sharing their knowledge. Very nicely edited and no wretched music ruining the video. Top marks and best of regards!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Ah thanks Jon. Glad you liked the video pal. Should have the next one out on Friday 👍🏻👍🏻

[@faridmahomed3339]

Good job keep gowing it will grow this channel hugs from mozambique

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thank you dude

[@chielwelbergen3603]

Nice video! Very interesting to watch how you do that. Make more videos! You have 1 subscriber more!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thank you dude I appreciate that 👍🏻

[@patrickkelly1055]

Would love a video on that gantry swing crane you have

[@eoghanhayes7699]

Love the tiktoks,didn’t know ye had an insta delighted to see ye come to KZbin!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers dude. I post mainly on Instagram, that’s my main platform and the. Some to TikTok and just started on KZbin now. Thanks for following

[@ruairitrainor4013]

Great video Adam👍

[@rudyrivera7426]

Great video! Job well done! (New subscriber)

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Thank you

[@upthereds4939]

Hello mate what brand is your tri square and also your safety glasses ? I need both 😂 delighted I found your channel 👏🏻🔝

[@dalelyons4366]

Nice work lad , I liked your tri square… what brand is it ?

[@RDavisElectrical]

Quality mate ❤

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers Ryan ya beauty

[@paultalaimanu9791]

What are your thoughts on running dual shield flux core wire on structural, is it used muck in the UK?

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

It’s not used that much over here and I don’t know why. I have some here and love it and will look to get coded for using it in the future as it’s definitely nice to run and the tests I have done so far and given really nice depth of fusion on etch cuts 👍🏻

[@ronankeenan4723]

What kind of scribe are you using?

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

It’s made by draper, they are pretty cheap but super sharp. I just cover mine with bright tape so that I don’t loose it

[@michaellawrence4581]

Great video, whats the scriber/pencil you use for marking out the steel? Brand or model?

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Hi ya. I use a dealer scribe. I think tungsten tip or a carbide tip in it. They are cheap and last ages mate. Just wrap them in a bright tap or they get lost too easy 😂

[@matisliswider]

💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍 Good job!

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers dude. First video for me on here so I got plenty to learn

[@donsturley893]

what size Wire did you use for the spray transfer.

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

On this one i was using 1.2mm solid wire. I use 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2mm wire on different jobs and different machines. We have a smaller machine here that i always keep 0.8mm wire in is we have railings and fiddly bits to do.

[@roseironworks1393]

Top banana !!

[@andrewleigh3065]

nice work . i am sat watching a guy do exactly the same thing i do for a living. i think im a bit sad. where about in the country are you. im up north east

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Right down south in cornwall mate 👍🏻

[@cliveramsbotty6077]

you got one of those big silly american hats with a giant flat peak

[@michaelgoergen6702]

I have you beat my English vice is a 6 inch thanks

[@bessie2275]

Hmmmmmmm

[@theessexhunter1305]

Very neat...these were for 450T crane mats... One thing is don.t get into the shorts vids. Good luck with the work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF61lKiDlrZsaM0

[@barryw9480]

i cringe when i see you use a combi square as much as you do. in my experience,after a while the combi square tends to get a bit slack and floppy where you tighten it up. id stick to using solid calibrated squares. dont get me wrong im not just picking faults, its just little tips that might help you in the long run.

[@adammulcahy644]

Yep, just as we all expected, welds are shit

[@deconteesawyer5758]

What's this "cranked steel" ? Is the metal on meth, or is the fabricator ?

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

No sir, that’s exactly how it is described on the structural engineers documents and drawings related to this job. I don’t know where your based but don’t forget descriptions can vary between country’s

[@deconteesawyer5758]

@@semmenssteelfabrication2315 You refer to the dichotomy between England and the rest of the English speaking world with the two groups separated by a common language. Yes, in England, every lad with a fifteen pound set of spanners from the hardware section at Tesco calls himself an engineer. Other places a child in the sixth level of schooling would have his ears soundly boxed for turning in a paper with the appalling scrawls passing for penmanship displayed in those hand done customer sketches you showed us.

[@hotboy2659]

hey what type of welding was that? is that TIG weld

[@PaulFarrell04]

congrats on the video, I follow ur Instagram page keenly

[@semmenssteelfabrication2315]

Cheers Paul ya beauty. I will try and get a couple out a month or so