Bethlehem Old Joist catalog
Bethlehem Old Joist catalog
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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.
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.






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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"
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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.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bethlehem-Shortspan-Steel-...
and for long span joists, circa 1960:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bethlehem-Longspan-Steel-J...
and even from 1928:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BETHLEHEM-STEEL-1928-Catal...
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I'd even pay $10.99.
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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...