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If you have a lot of them to do, I would cut and grind one to fit and then make a sheet metal template to transpose it to the next.

Robert

My recommendation would be cigweld ferrocraft 21 2.5mm
They are a semi iron powder that are good for all positions and have a very good appearance and are easy to use.

depends what you want to do.

That's nice to know. Thanks

Robert

I wonder how main dept of transport would react to that sort of alteration? I would have to think that the alteration would have to be signed off with a mod plate for the insurance and rego....

:whs::iagree:

In the last 25 or so years I have lost count of the all the under engineered trailers that I have fixed. Most of the problems have been snapped aframes, springs busted, spring hangers ripped out,...

I have tried everything that I can think of to rejuvinate a welding lense. The only thing that will fix a lense is a NEW one. Buy the best quality that you can and that will maximize the time it...

You have very nicely finished the welds, it's something that really needs to be done well on stainless, otherwise the job looks terrible. Well done.

I second the jigsaw, just get metal cutting blades and slow the blade speed a little if you have variable speed.

not much else you can do, it's just a spot with some tension in the wrong direction.

We are a cigweld reseller, they have no reason not to sell us parts, they have before and can't see any reason that they wouldn't this time.

Robert

I have just tested two cigweld 250 machines at work and one of them did just what you described. We then had a local electronics guru look at it and he diagnosed the recifier is shot. This machine...

Being a boilermaker by trade and welding is a major part of the job, I have tried all manor of welding shields. The last being a speedglass 9100xx, but I still gravitate back to the old $25 flip...

We order all of ours with a face to face measurement and they come back almost to the millimeter preassembled. There seems to be some variance in the lengths, on a tandem trailor that has both axles...

Yes, buy the named welding rods, I tried that and found that there is a world of difference between the cheap and expensive rods.

Robert

Where I work, we don't normally have more than 40mm no matter what the tire used. More than that will only put more leverage on the axle because of the overhang. There may be other opinions out...

Go for the heavy one every time, you won't regret it. I personally wouldn't use any thing less than 3mm, most of the time where I work we use 4 and 5 mm rhs routinely.

Robert

Having had used a multitude of different welders, brands, power sources and rod brands, I have found that the calibration marks on the machines are an indication only. You will need to fine tune the...

I've seen one of these in the flesh, in my opinion, not worth the money, something to keep far far away from.

Robert

There was a time about 20 odd years ago, that a company, I can't remember which made a prototype lowloader from high tensile steel, it was about 40% lighter than a conventional one of the time but it...

Yes painting would have been nice, but apparently he did when he got it home.




We haven't yet had one go badly, we make sure that we try to stay in within the safe working load of the gear...

I'm afraid that it is very accurate, this crate is 30 years old and was the old 40', now they are allowed to have 41'7" or 12.7m. It's not that they can carry 2 extra bullocks, 4 cows, and few extra...

It's been a long time coming, but here are the photos of the finished tipper. Painting and lights were not part of the contract.

Have had feed back from customer, and he is very happy with the...

This is the latest big trailer job that has come my way. The client wanted 518mm put in the middle to stretch it to 12700mm long. It is a fairly large job, we have to replace the entire bottom...

You can almost garrantee that the hubs will be cast iron. I have never seen them successfully welded. I have in the past built them up with bronze to be turned out, but not with a steel or nickel...

I don't need to have a heavy jacket to drip with sweat.

Yeah, there is come strange stuff happening at times. I once saw a guy put a 14"cutoff wheel on a 9" grinder. Needless to say it exploded about 30 seconds after he started it. One piece went...

Please don't for one minute think that I condone this sort of thing, it was really meant to be tongue in cheek

Robert

The chinese have done it again:D

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I was wondering if anyone on the forum may have had contact with one of these machines.
It is a complete machine tools press brake. We have just bought a second hand one from an auction and don't...

The next part of the saga has taken place, the straightening of the tipper bin. We looked at it and decided that it would be better to rebuild the bin part and for the price that we quoted the owner...

I would imagine that in reasonable condition it would be well worth that.

Yes it is, but what a responsibility! You certainly need to have your wits about you ALL the time whilst operating it.

It happens all the time, the trouble is that they are very expensive new, and with a little damage the price can come down dramatically

This guy will probably be about 70k better off than if he...

Thanks for the interest in the latest project.



This trailer is maybe not as straight as new, but is more than adequately straight for reregistering. The only part that won't pass a machinery...

This is the latest effort with my big toys. This is an end tipper that was written off from somewhere down near brisbane. The guy bought it for just 4000 dollars, but will cost many times that to...

This is what I have been doing for the last three weeks or so.

The customer wanted to stop the stones from damaging the back of his cab, he had the plastic individual gaurds, no tool boxes and...

Thanks for the repy's fellas, most informative. I trawled youtube and any other site that mentioned them so that I have a basic idea of how they work now. The only problem is that the job was...

I've got a problem, the company I work for has taken on a job using a thermal lance? Trouble is, I've never seen one, let alone used the same.

Is there anyone out there who has and can point me in...

That is a good explanation Graham, a good starting point. I have found that all machines respond well to the standard settings, except the cig machines, they seem to be a little off in the way they...

I just finished a 4.5 ton tipping trailer and it came to just under 20 000 dollars, it was 13' x 6' with drop sides, breakaway setup and self contained hydralic pack/ multi stage ram. That price was...

Here are the links for a trailer that I have made for a couple of people around here.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tnizjajy3nn/motorcycle trailer sheet 1.pdf
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Sounds to me that you have fallen victim to the english BA thread that was widely used on all things english. There is nothing that is the same and I mean NOTHING. In a lot of cases, it was easier...

You might need to walk before you run, I've been a boiler maker for 25 years and from my experience, you would need to find an empoyer that does a little of everything, it might mean that you will...

Just two other points to add to what Grahame stated. Be aware that you will need to use the barest minimum amps that will do the job, hard facing isn't meant to be pretty or smooth. the more that...

I did a google on the as number and found that a trailer of up to 2500kg atm needs not less than 9.5mm dia link It didn't state that it had to be high tensile. I normally just use ordinary black...

I have a query about how you fix a full sized gauge to one of those small disposable argon bottles. I have never seen one here and have been asked what is needed.

Any thoughts would be...

Hi Wheelin, Yonnee'

Just to answer your questions.

The program changed for today, so I had to finish a fuel trailer for the customer to pickup on monday, axles, mudgaurds, paint today, and...

Just an update on the straightening of the tipper chassis.

First photo: After the twist is taken out of the main chassis rails, it leaves them with other bends, in this case the chassis had about...