Screwdriver
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Chap would like me to make a simple trailer axle to connect two supplied wheels directly to 1600mm nonrotating shaft, threaded each end. It's an off road item for use on a farm (not in this country!) and the axle/wheels are due to hitch a ride in a truck next week.
All I have to do is cut the threads, give it a through hole to pin a castellated nut with an R clip and weld on some mounting plates.
My question is, do I need to use a specific steel alloy (stressproof or whatever) or would a mild steel axle suffice? There is no overhang, the axle basically rests on the underside of an angle iron frame with plates which will get welded to that. The wheels will be outboard of the frame but all the axle does is connect the two wheels via the wheelbearings.
Not measured up yet but it looks like circa 20mm diameter and I might even have a length of that. Otherwise he has said go ahead and buy something suitable.
All I have to do is cut the threads, give it a through hole to pin a castellated nut with an R clip and weld on some mounting plates.
My question is, do I need to use a specific steel alloy (stressproof or whatever) or would a mild steel axle suffice? There is no overhang, the axle basically rests on the underside of an angle iron frame with plates which will get welded to that. The wheels will be outboard of the frame but all the axle does is connect the two wheels via the wheelbearings.
Not measured up yet but it looks like circa 20mm diameter and I might even have a length of that. Otherwise he has said go ahead and buy something suitable.