For 5mm plate to 16mm square 2.5mm rod is big enough.
There's not a lot of metal to take the heat on the end of a 16mm square bar. With 4mm rods you'll just get a lot of undercut. Same on the 5mm plate.
My advice.
Stay away from this forum. Before you know it you'll have a shed full of tools, tools, glorious tools and more tools.
Then you'll need a bigger shed and your bank account will be empty.
But on the plus side you will have a lot of fun.
Same here, I welded two bits of halfshafst to the side of the welding table. Made a fork at the end of the rest of the halfshaft.
Bend some perfect circles cold with that fork and some hammering.
I had to google that brand, but it's sold as a gassless fluxcore welder so it's probably set up for DCEN from factory.
Easy to check if you have a multimeter.
I think he needs 35x20x? which is not a standard size.
32x20 is and you could make those fit the hubs with spacer rings, but the balls will be smaller. Could be a problem in a fast turning motorcycle wheel.
A man don't want no small balls. :scared:
A face mill can take wide cuts just like a fly cutter, but a face mill can take deeper cuts than a fly cutter if your mill is ridgid enough.
Like @optima21 says, a face mill puts a lot more strain on the spindle. A fly cutter though is a very nice cutter to have.
I'm thinking about getting a...
You'll need endmills and slotmills in various sizes and a way to hold them.
10mm endmill is a nice size to have I found, and some smaller ones. I buy them when I need them for a specific job, because when I would buy everything I wanted in one go I'll go bankrupt.
Chinese ER collet chuck's can...
Enjoy it while you can. Judging by the weather forecast autumn will be back on monday.
At least here in the Netherlands. Next two weeks low temps and lots of rain again. :mad: