Hello all,
I did not want to highjack a similar thread with my rant so here it is.
I was sent a shop drawing last week from an engineer in Australia that had no welding notes and no weld symbols. The only welding instructions were the words "Complete penetration butt weld" with two arrows pointing to two seperate joints. One being a butt joint and the other a tee joint. this is incorrect, plus there were several joints not addressed. I sent it back with an RFI stating that I needed to know the joint configuration/symbols in accordance with AWS A2.4 The next day I get the revised drawing back with an added note at the bottom that reads "All welds 1/4" continuous fillet weld as per AWS D1.1 unless otherwise noted" Still no symbols. I then sent it back again with the AWS weld symbols chart and the weld joint types chart. Then I finally got what I needed. Yesterday I received another drawing from him that had the same note, but did have adequate symbols, however the 1/4" continuous fillet weld note bit him in the butt, as there is a peice of 3/8 x 3 x 22' 4 3/16" long piece that gets welded to a peice of 8' x 3/8 HSS. Thats alot of weld (can you say bannana?) for what this peice is intended for. Now I usually do not question engineering too much, but I know the intent and purpose of said peice, as does the shop foreman and the production supervisor. It is basically a backing bar that the fabric is attached to. At best a 6 on 8 intermittent fillet weld would be excessive. He was a little upset that we did not just proceed and ignore his note. "You know what I mean, just weld it up." NOPE We will weld it per the shop drawing provided. He has revised the drawing to reflect less weld.
LOL, rant over.
jrw159