Recent content by Jacob Blenker

Oh good! It helped me prevent wasting materials. Plus it provides a lot of motivation. I ordered my axles and said "well... no backing out now."

You can get a free trial of sketch up for 30 days. It is very helpful with the vision. I used 2x2 .125” for the frame. The tongue is 2.5x2.5 .25”. Everything else will be 2x1 .125 or 1x1 .125”. I have been stick welding with 6010 and it is extremely strong. Working solo is tough especially when...

That’s the plan. I have another section to weld on. It’s been slow going by myself. Plus, I’m not a fabricator so I am working at the pace of my abilities. If anyone in southern Florida wants to lend some expertise that would be awesome.

slowly but surely

Starting to look somewhat like a trailer

Got some shoes

Sketch up has become quite addictive while I wait for materials to arrive.

getting somewhere... i guess

Getting somewhere... Mocking up the Timbren Axles gotta hit up the ole metal supermarkets.

Messing around on Sketch up. This is the basic shape I'm going for.

I have found it for 1/3rd that price. I’ll try to find the link.

Starboard is what boat they use for boat decks hdpe is high density poly ethylene