Attention Engineers: NEED HELP

[jjgold]

How far down to you have to go to get under a building foundation??
Basically how many feet and then also what temps do you need to get to too melt steel?

Finally if underground how long can you stay below the surface and do you need breathing equipment?

Thanks

[firedawg]

1200 degrees

[Emily_Haines]

If the tunnel is long you will need something to pump air in there.

Depends on what type of steel we are talking and how thick?

A good quality hand held Plasma cutter can get you through 2" thick steel.

[blackbeSSt]

How far down to you have to go to get under a building foundation??
Basically how many feet and then also what temps do you need to get to too melt steel?

Finally if underground how long can you stay below the surface and do you need breathing equipment?

Thanks

ask the chilean miners for the answer to that one

[BigAL]

this thread needs PavyRacer

[pavyracer]

JJ send me your email so I can send you a proposal with a fee.

[chilidog]

Sounds like JJ is planning on tunneling under a bank.

[jjgold]

Fee??

What kind of BS is that?

Paver info really information purposes only. I will not be making money here.

[chachi]

Oceans 14 ... coming soon to a screen near you

[jjgold]

I think the steel in 6 inches thick

Does a blow torch do this??

It actually is a camera job but I have to do some demolition work first

[chilidog]

[jbrent95]

This is the first post to ever make me laugh out loud.

Jj- send me a pm. I'm a structural and geotechnical engineer.

[doublej95]

Steel melts around 2500 degrees fahrenheit but it depends on the type of steel and it's properties. Some steels are made stronger than others.

A Oxygen Acetylene torch will get up to around 6000+ degrees, that should melt your steel.

How far do you have to get under the basement? Can you be right under the foundation slap? that would be better as it would provide shoring aslong as you did not tunnel to wide, the foundation would bridge its self.

[bobbyfk]

why do you need to know JJ?

[Bostongambler]

The answer is absolute Zero.

[stealthyburrito]

why do you need to know JJ?

you gotta engineering degree bobby?