Hadn't mentioned the design before but it's been done properly by an engineer. PFC chassis rails, drawbars and front/rear crossmembers. Rest of the crossmembers are RHS. Leaf spring supports the single axle (just for a lightweight rally car).
Axle and hitch are bolt on and without going into...
I wear glasses under my helmet too.
As others have said, good lighting is important. I have a little clip-on spotlight.
One thought, are you getting your head right up close to the job? On smaller stuff I like to get within a few inches. Also before you start the weld move your head / torch /...
Not in this country, they fetch very high prices and I have seen some shockers.
For about 2000 nzd I can build a new one. Hard to find secondhand in any state for that.
Yes I would test it for sure, just want to know if its advisable.
My experience is with mig, dont want to have to learn stick welding if I can help it. Well actually I'd love to but time is very limited so need to spend it on the trailer.
Just wanted some advice on how to tackle a project. The equipment I have available is a 200A inverter MIG: GMAW (100% CO2, ER70S-6 0.8mm) and FCAW (E71T-GS 0.8mm).
I'm planning on building a car transporter over Easter (I've got a week off work). Obviously the first choice would be GMAW...
Yay Rivnuts, am actually picking up a rivnut gun today for fixing stuff to the sheet metal (so I can use existing holes instead of punching screw holes everywhere).
So yeah that's definitely an option where I don't have access from behind to get a nyloc on.
I'm planning on building a bed in my campervan which will consist of two couches either side, with a pedestal table in the middle which can be lowered to form the bed.
I'm going to make a simple box-shaped structure out of SHS, with one or more middle sections (shown in red below). Size is...