We have a winner.Check this out, I think it has the info you need.
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American Sstandard Wide Flanged
Example:
8SW18 = SW denotes American Standard Wide Flange. 8 is the nominal depth in inches, 18 is the weight per foot of length in pounds.
Despite contrary belief, there is no such thing as an "I" beam. They are wide flanged sections.
Your arrogance and narrow mindedness precede you.Sound of a bell, with clapping in the background
We have a winner.
A manufacturers number coresponding to a 8x18ga standard stud
Coming in dead last, and disqualified for specious guessing
There are such things as an "I" beam. The inside of the flange of an "I" beam is not flat, and the flange width is much less than a comparable wide flange.
Beams are designated such as "S18x320" for a "standard" profile "I" beam 18" tall by 320 # per foot. A wide flange beam would have the written designation "W12x221" for a wide flange beam 12' tall, weighing 221# per foot. Some refer to wide flanges as "H" beams.
Of coarse the OP could have deduced that the plans probably were not calling for W8x18 24"OC:thumbsup:
The cyber spanking you are attempting to give me looses strength coming from someone who doesn't know the basic terminological difference between a 8sw18 steel stud, and a S8X18 American standard beam, colloquially referred to as an "I" beam by generations of Ironworkers.""H" beams"" and other similar terms used on a jobsite portray the lack of proper education on the materials. Now would you like to debate angles, legs and channels? Or square, round, and rectangular bars?
The cyber spanking you are attempting to give me looses strength coming from someone who doesn't know the basic terminological difference between a 8sw18 steel stud, and a S8X18 American standard beam, colloquially referred to as an "I" beam by generations of Ironworkers.
I bet everyone thinks you are real smart when a freight car of structural iron shows up at your job, instead of a pickup load a steel studs
This is all BS babble, and all you can do is tell me I'm stupid because I realize that many refer to standard- and wide-flanged beams as "I" and "H"? You're the one who made the mistake, and continue to compound your mistake. You did not know the standard North American structural steel reference terminology. Big deal that you don't ever say "I" beam. I still don't see you getting a Nobel Prize in Construction anytime soon.8SW18 = SW denotes American Standard Wide Flange. 8 is the nominal depth in inches, 18 is the weight per foot of length in pounds.
thank you sirCheck this out, I think it has the info you need.
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I used to try explaining to people they were not cinder blocks, and they were concrete blocks, some people even call them cement blocks.American Standard Wide Flanged
Example:
8SW18 = SW denotes American Standard Wide Flange. 8 is the nominal depth in inches, 18 is the weight per foot of length in pounds.
Despite contrary belief, there is no such thing as an "I" beam. They are wide flanged sections.
(Similar to cinder blocks...they stopped making those decades ago...they are now CMU (concrete masonry unit)
metal (steel) structural stud framing. Usually it's not indicated this way. it'll just have a detail section and show 16ga. 8" CRM, which is standard 16ga 8" c-joist. in this drawing, the prefix they gave was foreign to me. I had an idea of what it was, but I wasn't certain.So what are you bidding D-rock? Metal stud framing or structural steel? I think I know the answer.
this is on a set of drawings i recently received to bid;
8SW18
i believe it represents an 8" C-Joist, but what is SW ? what do the letters and numbers peresent?
This is one reason why licensing is a good idea.metal (steel) structural stud framing. Usually it's not indicated this way. it'll just have a detail section and show 16ga. 8" CRM, which is standard 16ga 8" c-joist. in this drawing, the prefix they gave was foreign to me. I had an idea of what it was, but I wasn't certain.
That is complete BS. The detail shown on the OP's plan was an obscure MS reference, one that many may not be familar with.Obviously you don't understand what you are bidding on, how can you competently do the work?
This is one reason why licensing is a good idea.
Obviously you don't understand what you are bidding on, how can you competently do the work?
That is a very common way to describe steel, it is not an obscure reference.That is complete BS. The detail shown on the OP's plan was an obscure MS reference, one that many may not be familar with.
No that is not a steel stud.You're refering to 8SW18 as being a common metal stud designation? It must be a regional thing