Thanks for the replies everyone. I did put tacks every two inches or so but it really seemed to make it worse. What I'm doing is turning it over and welding the other side which seems to help but not really great. I also tried putting a piece of10mm thick plate under it as a heat sink but it was pai...

Hi I got a job making some aluminium tool boxes for a guys new truck, they are 2meters 400 long x 1.4 tall. I'm having trouble welding the two halves together over the 2.4 I'm getting quite a bit of distortion. I'm not clampingit I'm letting it move around. I've done this before and got little disto...

Hey Guys sorry for the slow reply things are going crazy. Anyway I should have put in more info. But yes it is the axle shaft, and it snapped about an inch and a half to 3quarters past the bearing. Sounds like a real shit fight :shock: I was going to put it in the lathe and make sure it was all in l...

Hey Guys sorry for the slow reply things are going crazy. Anyway I should have put more info. But yes it is the axle shaft, and it snapped about an inch and a half to 3quarters past the bearing. Sounds like a real shit fight :shock: I was going to put it in the lathe and make sure it was all in line...

G'day all just had a guy come in and ask if I could weld an axle out of an old Bedford van, its actually an ice cream van,
a Mr Whippy, I've never heard of it being done so I thought I'd ask the question where I'm pretty certain someone would know. Thanks for any advice in advance.

Yeah that's what I thought, but wasn't sure which one was stronger. Thanks Steve. oh and thanks for the tip with the oil/paint.

Hey Steve thanks for getting back to me so quick, it's for a trailer. So it will be loaded with some stuff for camping and the like. So it will have some twisting forces going over things and stuff like that.

G'day all, I was wondering if say welding mild steel 2inch x 2inch box section to make a rectangle type frame, what would be stronger for the corners a miter joint
or cut it straight and butt it together and weld? I'm thinking the butt option right?

Thanks for all the info guys all good! Cheers.

Hey Guys I have a job today to weld some cast iron and jut wanted to know what filler rods I can use? In the past I stick welded any cast, but I want to Try TIGing it. Is it possible to use Stainless filler on it? Also I think I may have a stick rod there I guess I could brake the flux coating off i...