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Been working on a new little 6'x10' utility trailer for myself the past couple of nights.
Yesterday the big brown truck stopped by the shop and dropped off some trailer goodies. I bought some accessories for my E-Track that is going on the trailer. These items were made by Erickson and seem to be pretty good quality of what I can tell so far.
I also decided that I am going to go with LED lighting so they were also in the box.
I cut the spreader bars/tubes and they too are ready to be welded in place as soon as I measure and decide on spacing.
Now some random pictures of several of my welds.
That is about it for now. Hopefully I get a call today saying my axle is done and ready to be picked up so I can make some progress over the weekend. I would like to get this done as soon as possible so I can move on to jobs where I actually make money rather than spend it.:bounce:
Mike.
Yesterday the big brown truck stopped by the shop and dropped off some trailer goodies. I bought some accessories for my E-Track that is going on the trailer. These items were made by Erickson and seem to be pretty good quality of what I can tell so far.
I also decided that I am going to go with LED lighting so they were also in the box.
I cut the spreader bars/tubes and they too are ready to be welded in place as soon as I measure and decide on spacing.
Now some random pictures of several of my welds.
That is about it for now. Hopefully I get a call today saying my axle is done and ready to be picked up so I can make some progress over the weekend. I would like to get this done as soon as possible so I can move on to jobs where I actually make money rather than spend it.:bounce:
Mike.
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Been working on a new little 6'x10' utility trailer for myself the past couple of nights.
Yesterday the big brown truck stopped by the shop and dropped off some trailer goodies. I bought some accessories for my E-Track that is going on the trailer. These items were made by Erickson and seem to be pretty good quality of what I can tell so far.
I also decided that I am going to go with LED lighting so they were also in the box.
I cut the spreader bars/tubes and they too are ready to be welded in place as soon as I measure and decide on spacing.
Now some random pictures of several of my welds.
That is about it for now. Hopefully I get a call today saying my axle is done and ready to be picked up so I can make some progress over the weekend. I would like to get this done as soon as possible so I can move on to jobs where I actually make money rather than spend it.:bounce:
Mike.
Very cool project. Thats tig, right? Nice looking welds.
thanks, Brian
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The cream rising to the top of the crown and the splatter on the side would make me guess MIG weld. Good looking welds!
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Yesterday and today I made a reverse tumbler for my 11 x 28 Wholesale Tools Lathe
The writeup is here...
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...erse-Tumbler-Modification?p=270457#post270457
Here are a few pics
Steve
The writeup is here...
http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...erse-Tumbler-Modification?p=270457#post270457
Here are a few pics
Steve
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Inspired by Smudgemo's post of 10 days ago I decided I should have a go at making some new chuck keys.
My 3 jaw and 4 jaw chucks take slightly different size key so I set out to make two of each.
And the original key they will replace (which has been to only key since I brought the lathe)
I made an attempt to harden the tip by heating and quenching in water but as I made them from unknown steel scrap I don't expect them to be very hard, but hopefully it will of taken some of the softness away - time will tell.
I knurled the centre portion of the handle and just press fitted it to the body with the help of a little tool/jig I turned up to suit.
My 3 jaw and 4 jaw chucks take slightly different size key so I set out to make two of each.
And the original key they will replace (which has been to only key since I brought the lathe)
I made an attempt to harden the tip by heating and quenching in water but as I made them from unknown steel scrap I don't expect them to be very hard, but hopefully it will of taken some of the softness away - time will tell.
I knurled the centre portion of the handle and just press fitted it to the body with the help of a little tool/jig I turned up to suit.
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