I needed a bike rack for the bike, and so thought I would make one.
Had a tubular side rail from an old steel bunk bed.
Cut 2 lengths of straight.
Using some heat and a pipe bender made 2 90o bends
I put in a slight angled bend to clear the number plate at the back.
Then cut a small piece of tube 15mm diameter from an old car seat to join the two pieces.
Cut some cross pieces and notched then on a grinder, along with the support tubes - then started to weld them up.
Made a couple of mounting brackets, shaped them to the mudguard, drilled and welded them on
I have a portamig 215, and agree it is an excellent piece of kit, but I have had a problem with it.
First the wire speed was too slow - it wouldn't even move the wire until the speed dial hit around 7 - steve at weldequip sent me a new PCB - all seemed fine, but for thinner stuff the wire speed was still too fast - even on zero the wire was running through.
Got in touch with Technical Arc who make / supply the bits and got a rapid response to the problem.
On the pcb are two adjusters in the bottom right hand corner as you face it. The lower one sets the minimum speed and the one just above it sets the max speed. 1/3 of a turn was all that was needed to set the wire speed to zero with zero on the dial (clockwise to slow it if I remember)- welder is now all it should be - brilliant.
Ground up the welds a bit, added some filler to smooth out the joints - painted with primer and then top coat of rustoleum black.
The ends will be capped by 2 handlebar stops from a bicycle, and it will have another blast of paint as there is a slight mark at the back where a fly landed on me wet paint - total cost a couple of quid I guess.
Had a tubular side rail from an old steel bunk bed.
Cut 2 lengths of straight.
Using some heat and a pipe bender made 2 90o bends
I put in a slight angled bend to clear the number plate at the back.
Then cut a small piece of tube 15mm diameter from an old car seat to join the two pieces.
Cut some cross pieces and notched then on a grinder, along with the support tubes - then started to weld them up.
Made a couple of mounting brackets, shaped them to the mudguard, drilled and welded them on
I have a portamig 215, and agree it is an excellent piece of kit, but I have had a problem with it.
First the wire speed was too slow - it wouldn't even move the wire until the speed dial hit around 7 - steve at weldequip sent me a new PCB - all seemed fine, but for thinner stuff the wire speed was still too fast - even on zero the wire was running through.
Got in touch with Technical Arc who make / supply the bits and got a rapid response to the problem.
On the pcb are two adjusters in the bottom right hand corner as you face it. The lower one sets the minimum speed and the one just above it sets the max speed. 1/3 of a turn was all that was needed to set the wire speed to zero with zero on the dial (clockwise to slow it if I remember)- welder is now all it should be - brilliant.
Ground up the welds a bit, added some filler to smooth out the joints - painted with primer and then top coat of rustoleum black.
The ends will be capped by 2 handlebar stops from a bicycle, and it will have another blast of paint as there is a slight mark at the back where a fly landed on me wet paint - total cost a couple of quid I guess.
