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Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

(OP)
Over a decade ago, I had Bethlehem Old Joist catalog values, and needed a Macomber catalog (thread507-17733: Old H Series Bar Joists).

Well, I found the Macomber material back then.

Now, I can't find any catalogs for Bethlehem joists. The existing joists are essentially hat channels for top and bottom chords. A colleague of mine insists they are Macomber joists, but the top chord is not the V-beam section, and a tag I took off the existing joists says "BETHLEHEM".

All links to Bethlehem Old Joist catalogs are gone.

Does anyone have a Bethlehem Joist catalog, circa 1960's?

Thanks.

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

(OP)
Yes, thanks. Unfortunately, a dead end for Bethlehem joist tables. A lot of Macomber stuff, though. I even have a Macomber Maco-truss Framing System Catalog. I can pdf it and email to sliderule if anyone has sliderules contact info.

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

SlideRuleEra @ lycos.com

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

(OP)
Thanks JAE.

Quick story about the Macomber Macotruss framing system - I've only come across the entire system (Joists, joist girders, and columns) one time. The columns are two heavy gage C sections welded together to form a box, or similar to that. On the job I was working on, a forklift operator drove one of the forks in to one of the columns, pierced one side of the Macomber built-up column. After designing a fix, I asked the GC "What was the forklift driver thinking?", and the GC says "He was thinking he's not working here anymore"

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

In over 30 years of structural engineering, I've only run across this joist company once, and that was for a new RTU installation. Took me a while to find the joist specs back then and that was 20 years ago or so.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

Sorry to be so obvious, but what does SJI say?

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

LPPE,
Are you sure the joists were fabricated by Bethlehem, or perhaps fabricated by one of the joist companies, e.g. Vulcraft, using Bethlehem Steel sections? Having specified a lot of steel joist jobs in the 60's and 70's, I don't remember Bethlehem being in the joist fabrication business, but then my memory is not all inclusive.

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

Well, there you go. ebay to the rescue.

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

(OP)
I wish it was still for sale on ebay, I'd gladly pay $9.99 for it.

I'd even pay $10.99. smile

RE: Bethlehem Old Joist catalog

(OP)
Yes, thanks. I downloaded that today, and sent to SlideRuleEra.

Something is bothering me about that PDF, though. It almost seems as if some of the joist tables are copied in to that PDF from the 75-yr SJI manual...

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