What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
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What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
What kind of steel is the spreader bar made of and how can I weld it? Arc, mig or tig?
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
304 stainless steel If you use mig you use a tri mix shieding gas and a 308L wire.
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
I bought a couple pounds (a box) of 304 stainless stick welding rods and my son welded my bent Jay spreader bar and it worked very well, we added some 3/16 plate reinforcements.
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
OBN what kind of reinforcements did you do to your jaybar. Have had some issues with the chicken loop releasing prematurely. I think I have it figured out now, but am always looking for a full proof solution.
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
I have the freestyle version 6 and I bent the whole thing from boosting, it went from a shape like this ) to a shape like this U.
So I got some 3/16" thick stainless plate and my son Lee cut it to size and rolled it into a smiley shape, and cut a bit of the rod reinforcements Jay built on there, and then he put in the plate piece all the way across and welded it.
Looks to be pretty strong now.
So I got some 3/16" thick stainless plate and my son Lee cut it to size and rolled it into a smiley shape, and cut a bit of the rod reinforcements Jay built on there, and then he put in the plate piece all the way across and welded it.
Looks to be pretty strong now.
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Re: What kind of steel is spreader bar made of?
Arc tig and mig will do the job.
Just need different finishing techniques
Nico
Just need different finishing techniques
Nico
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