Frank Elson wrote:
> You don't like rust do you.
Whatever gives you that idea? ;-)
> Love the 'A30' trailer, a man after my own heart!
On its 3rd body, second axle, continuous history since at least the '50s
when it had wooden body/chassis and pre-war axle with artillery wheels! Dad
will remember what it came from as it was his late father that built it...
Useless for anything other than garden rubbish (it does have sides that were
removed to carry the chassis) but kept for sentimental value.
> I'm worried about your experiences with the galvanising of wheels, I
> want to do that. I'm to check out the galvanisers closely then?
The wheels need to get hot enough to flow the zinc better than it did on
mine, and once they're galvanised, they need to be 'centrifuged' to spin off
all the excess zinc and (more importantly) distribute it evenly. Else
they'll come out like mine, decidedly unbalanced. Don't know what I'm going
to do about it yet. I had the wheels sandblasted beforehand and spent ages
with a razor blade scraping out the little 'trough' where the inner rim is
reveted to the outer. Even so, when the wheels came back that 'trough' has
not got galvanised and is full fo black crispy gunk. I'll take a photo
tomorrow if you like, but its really only the way NOT to do it rather than
how to do it. :(
> Oh dear! You know Martyn Bailey. Is his beard still purple?
Naah, don't know him, only stole his 'think again lazy journalist' (present
company excepted!) 'disclaimer'. :)
Marko
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