According to Wikipedia an ironworker is a tradesman who works in the ironworking industry .ironworkers, assemble the structural framework in accordance with engineered drawings and install the metal support pieces for new buildings. They also repair and renovate old structures, using reinforced concrete and steel workers may work on factories, steelmills, and utility plants.
You're right about that respirator! I'm not quite the welder an Iron Man is, but I weld, grind, and cut enough to wear a respirator. I learned the hard way by welding galvanized without a respirator. At least galvanized makes you sick right away, stainless will kill you in your sleep. Great videos!
I am not just a welder I am in the shop local 790 ironworker union , I am aMaster Machanic , crane operator,forklift operator,backhoe operator, skidsteer operator, I am the production supervisor and coordinator, I am a steel erector and I also have my own c51 contractor license don’t know if that makes me just a welder
Looks like your a great shop hand. Take it to the Next Level with all the benefits as a Union Field Ironworker, I know that it’s a difficult step , I’ve been there and done it. Retired Union Ironworker and Former Business Agent.
Got my JIW in 1982 and things sure have changed. We didn't tie off, wear respirators or have man lifts. We always worked with a partner and in Detroit (25) back then all overtime was double time. We took care of the old timers and the men that attended our union meetings. We didn't work in the rain or the extreme cold and we always had five men whenever we worked with a crane. Retired since 2010
Those stiffeners and doublers look like pockets for a shoring system. Journeyman welder for the socal pildrivers union. I know they go at an angle for tiebacks but never seen pockets tapered like that from bottom to top flange. Curious as to whats the reasoning for that design.
I appreciate you watching my videos, on your question I don’t know the reason we just fabricate and this is the normal standard way we do these pile beams we do a lot of these jobs
Anyone considered how antiquated and inappropriate it is to call them "Ironworkers" I think ironwork ended well over forty or fifty years ago, it's all structural steel now. steelworker seems to be the correct term, you think I'm wrong, then ask a current "Iron worker" when was the last time they handled Iron columns or beams?
I’m not only a shop welder but I’m a fitter master mechanic crane operator, forklift operator backhoe operator skid steer operator production supervisor coordinator. I even got my C 51 structural license contractors license. I’m not only a shop local 790 iron worker,Union shop
