Let’s see how they go !Originally Posted by gazza2006au
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Let’s see how they go !
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I'll post up pics of my welds good or bad but i have a bit of cutting before i start laying down the structual welds
Pretty keen to seehow these rods go tho they are suppose to be highly recommended
My welds yesterday were using very cheap Gemini rods
Hats off to you. I wish I had the skills to make things. I can make stuff but I am too lazy to do it frequently enough to become good at it.
Good job
I'm not good at anything but i give everything a go, if i see something built or made that i like i believe i can do it my self too
I am not really a good welder all my welding skills are self taught, i have only been stick welding maybe 1.5 years and its not a monthly thing it may be 3-5 months between picking up the welder
A big drive for me doing diy is i lived in povity for the first 20 years of my life i seen nice things other people had that i couldnt afford but i was not jelous not one bit but i learnt to built what i want or repair broken things
I have been told im a tinkerer, an ideas man etc.. realistically i just cant afford a $4000 trailer mover lol
Hey guys i have a bit of slop on my aluminium bearings for the drive motor anyone know where i can get brass oilless bearings 20mm id, 25mm od width can be cut back
Im looking high and low online now the onl y ones i can find in this size are in china i cant wait that long
Got it sorted inner bearings are smaller than the hole in the steel the outer bearings had a locking pin on the outside i just die grind out the pin and the bearings fot nice
Got the motor assembly bolted up and ready to weld into place just waiting for the bolts for the bearing flanges on the rear axle than i can make final cuts and weld it up
O idea where im going wrong with the WIA rodsbut my welds looked like shit so i groundthem down and rewelded them 2 or 3 times over and still couldnt work them out so i ground it back and used the cheap Gemini rods andcones this is how she welded
Remember shes upside down in the pics just waiting for wheels, chain etc.. i hooked her up to a battery and she runs good
Having trouble seeing you pictures? Not sure what is going on
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Gazza, just curious, what was wrong with the standard Mini Mover 2?
I'm looking at something similar for moving not only boat but car trailer as well, curious as to why the standard Mini Mover 2 wasn't adequate.
(pics work fine for me)
Cheers
Corry
Can see them now
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Hey Corry, the mini mover 2 is agood littlemover it moved my whole rig boat, motor and trailer but its best used on a all concrete surface
My yard varies, mold on concrete, grass, dirt etc all over the concrete and i need a mover to work on grass asi want to offer set the hull from my driveway for security reasons the mini mover 2 lacks traction with its single 8.2 inch drive wheel the wheel is only around 2.75-3 inches wide so it has very little traction
U can see the mini mover 2 pushing my hull and trailer only here (no engine) once the hull rolled off the end of the driveway the MM2 still worked but it wouldnt pull the hull up on to the driveway again
My mod im just giving it a higher gear ratio and more traction
https://youtu.be/YAuW-BIj-fg
What did it look like? The finished product came out alright.
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The welds looked terrable i was told i ordered the wrong rods for the job i had ordered 13S rods which are very runny fluid like melt
The 12 rods are a thicker melt that stays put
I should have ordered WIA 12 rods but i finished the job off with Gemini 12 rods i also had my amps to high (spatter everywhere)
The chain and link press came today the wheels may come tomorrow than i just need to make a couple round plate wheel hubs and weld them on, weld on my mounting post, tidy up the wiring and im in business
I just receieved the wheels they are much smaller and skinner than i expected, i just need to make some wheel hubs and weld them on than weld on the old jockey wheel vertical piece that goes into the clamp than i can see if it moves the boat
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