[Shop-talk] Modifying a sea-container

[Donald H Locker]

Epoxy ladder pads to the wall instead of welding? I'm with the others that it is probably Cor-Ten steel.

(I'm wanting to use a few of these to make some shop space - woodworking shop, metal fab shop, foundry, electronics, forge, Spitfire shop. First I gotta get something more than a little urban lot and house.)

Donald.
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----- Original Message -----
> From: eric at megageek.com
> To: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:23:57 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Modifying a sea-container
> 
> 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!