Homemade timber trailer

[Michael C]

A few pics of that hitch...

[NI Tree]

i like that hitch as it is simple i might copie it

Edited September 21, 2011 by NI Tree

[MikeTM150]

3.2 rods good choice on 5mm steel' i much prefer stick welding to mig welding, harder to do but a better weld i think

 

see that's where most people go wrong with mig, they think its easy and when it leaves crap weld they think stick's better, i use both in different situtations and i would agree in some situations that stick is better and some mig is better. If i had to to pick just one, i'd be very hard pushed to decide which to loose!!! I've seen come crap by both, and IMO some of the worst has been mig welding on landrover chassis's i've had to re-repair cuz their 'mate down the pub' brought a mig and thought it'd be easy to earn some cash..........

[egnsean]

The problem with Mig is that it is mostly about machine settings ie wire feed speed /amps/gas flow etc get them all right and it is an easy prossess to learn get them wrong and you can be left with a weld that may look ok but will have little/no fusion or penitration, where as with stick if the weld looks good it usually is sound in IMHO speaking as someone that has been coded to BS4872 in mig/mma/tig/oxy.

[MikeTM150]

The problem with Mig is that it is mostly about machine settings ie wire feed speed /amps/gas flow etc get them all right and it is an easy prossess to learn get them wrong and you can be left with a weld that may look ok but will have little/no fusion or penitration, where as with stick if the weld looks good it usually is sound in IMHO speaking as someone that has been coded to BS4872 in mig/mma/tig/oxy.

 

Oxy was the first type of welding i was taught by our old mechanic, was always told if u can weld with that then the rest will be a breeze!!! He wasn't wrong, it made mma (stick) look like a piece of cake!!! An old technique these days but i still use it occansionally.

[ferguson]

great trailer