10 thoughts on “Who Are You Calling Stubborn?

  1. Stubbornness, determination….
    Who cares what ya call it, as long as it works !!

  2. Wide Flange or W Shape, don’t call it an eye beam. A36 steel is generally not very difficult to cut.

    • It wasn’t that the steel was tough, it was the fitting it so the saw could cut it.
      BTW, I have always called that style I beam. Never heard it called anything else until now.

      • I beams were a structural shape used long ago. They are shaped like a capital I with small flanges. Wide flanges have significantly wider flanges, hence the name. W shape because they’re listed as W12x24. 12 is the depth and 24 is the weight per foot.

        • I understand that the steel industry has modernized and has different product, I understood what Phil said, I would call it an “I” beam too, We grew up calling it that. If it was in any shape that appeared to be shaped in an I. I surmise Phil and me and a few others are plain redneck ignorant…

      • There are I beams and H beams. The I beam has a thicker flange that tapers out from the web and an H beam is what you cut in the video where the flange is uniform in thickness thoughout.
        W applies to everything of the general shape.

  3. On WF or Wide Flange beams, in addition to being wider, the flanges are straight. I beams have narrower flanges that are tapered like structural channel. H beam is a wide flange beam that is as wide as it is tall.

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