That would take some of the integrity away from the strength. But there are a number of ways to go through it. I've opened the thin part of an I beam with a cutting torch. Not the best idea for under a house however.
Another way would be to use a series of titanium, not titanium coated drill bits. There are other types of very hard drill types as well. I know from using both types of titanium in a drill press to be fair, as aposed to a hand drill, the titanium coated are nowhere near as impressive. If you can block out the noise and dust, you can get through one using a side wheel grinder, or a diamond blade in that new circular saw. But I'd want to support the beam wherever a hole was made to keep it strong. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:17 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] perforating an I beam. OK, this is probably a silly question. I know that you can perforate a joist to run piping or wiring. Can you perforate the web of a steel I beam for the same? If so, what would you use to drill through that sucker? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
