MadModder
The Shop => Metal Stuff => Topic started by: doubleboost on March 23, 2015, 04:38:58 PM
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Remember when you could make a trailer from "bed iron"
My 29 year old son brought me part of his bed frame to repair
The material was more suitable for a dolls pram than a bed
My son is a big bloke but even so
I welded a couple of lengths of 3/4 angle around the bent remains
Thinking that "nothing to strong ever broke"
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/S1380005_zpsovhwnk05.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/S1380005_zpsovhwnk05.jpg.html)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/S1380004%20-%20Copy_zpswjrmyvuy.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/S1380004%20-%20Copy_zpswjrmyvuy.jpg.html)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/S1380006%20-%20Copy_zpstna5wbcs.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/S1380006%20-%20Copy_zpstna5wbcs.jpg.html)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/S1380007%20-%20Copy_zpshwjtoltz.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/john970s0/media/S1380007%20-%20Copy_zpshwjtoltz.jpg.html)
John
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Bed frames in the Vono era were made from re-rolled tram lines when trams were phased out (late 1950's early 1960's iirc). These rails were high manganese content which resulted in a steel that work hardened on the rolling surfaces where the wheels were. This meant less rail wear, but when re-used as angle it still worked hardened, especially when drilled
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John , will that bed pass its next M.O.T test ?????? :lol:
Cheers Mick
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Andrew, I got one of those bed frames (or similar) for scrap here once. It wasn't drillable with HSS, At first I thought I had a bad drill bit. Then I fgured out it wasn't made out of ordinary angle iron. :doh:
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I made a trailer from an army bunkbed 2"x1\4" angle 6x4 foot heavy but very strong andlasted for years.