[Shop-talk] Modifying a sea-container

[Matt Trebelhorn]

I think that should be cor-ten steel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container

My tiny amount of research gives the impression that it can be welded  
normally, but that there are special welding rods to use if you need  
to maintain the corrosion resistance (ie welding a boat hull).

Matt


On 14 Jul, 2012, at 10:23 PM, eric at megageek.com wrote:

> OK, I'm sure these things have lots of names, but I call them a "sea
> container."  The big shipping containers that they use to move from  
> ship
> to train to truck.  (basically, they are the box container that all  
> the
> shipped items are loaded and stored in.)
>
> OK, I have one of these as an additional shed on my property.  (I  
> really
> didn't need it, but I got it for free.)  Here is what I want to do.  I
> want to add a ladder to the side so I can climb up top.  I want the  
> ladder
> secured to the side of the container.
>
> Here is the problem, the container has a sticker on it that says to  
> only
> repair it with "corian" steel.  I have no idea what this is.
>
> My question is...
>
> Do I really need to worry about this?  Can I weld to it just like any
> steel, or is there a reason that sticker is there.  (I'm sure that  
> if the
> container was still used for shipping, it would apply, but for a  
> container
> that is going to sit in a yard?)
>
> Can I weld to it?
>
> Is there anything I need to know about it?
>
> (I didn't want to screw to the side of this container because I  
> want it to
> stay water tight.)
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a  
> rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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