tony.latham wrote:Well... 1/8" on the diagonals is fine for the frame.
What's most important is getting the axle squared with the tongue.
I use three plumb bobs for this. Clamp one side of the axle in place and adjust the other side. Don't try to fight both ends.
Tony
TimC wrote:- Relax
- Listen to Tony
- Have a barley pop and get back to it
I also realized I should have cut the width to 59 1/2".
DesertApprentice wrote: ...
I'm indeed very nervous. Until it's finished, many more things to learn ahead. Hope my confidence grows with the build
TimC wrote:DesertApprentice wrote: ...
I'm indeed very nervous. Until it's finished, many more things to learn ahead. Hope my confidence grows with the build
You are doing fine. Welding scares me so I hired out the custom chassis on my first teardrop. The pro welder produced a "square" 5x8 frame but I didn't notice until I was adding the floor that the roadside front corner took a 3/4" nosedive from about a foot from the corner. A few shims and some trim along the bottom and nobody but me knows. Well the tnttt world knows...
I don't use custom chassis' anymore because the cost of my first was double what a NT trailer costs even after wheel upgrades. If I had the skills I would weld my own, but I prefer focusing on the rest of the build.
Keep picking away at it and ask, ask, ask questions.
MickinOz wrote:So you set out to construct an 8 x 5 frame with mitred corner joints.
It came out 8' 1/16" x 5' 1/16"., and 1/16" out of square.
That's bloody good work mate.
Reckon a pro would do any better? Pros probably work on a bigger tolerance than that.
MickinOz wrote:Looks pretty good from here.
rjgimp wrote:MickinOz wrote:Looks pretty good from here.
That's easy for you to say, mate. You're 12,000 miles away!
DrewsBrews wrote:Weld shrinks when it cools. This usually winds up pulling both pieces towards the welded side. If you welded the inside of the corners first then, yes, it would bow all the bars inwards. I'd bet the longer measured length was one of the corners you started on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vuGlcbDwKY
I would not sweat 1/8" on the diagonals. That is very close. That method of measurement exaggerates how out of square it actually is IMO.
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