26/03/11

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Drop Weights

I had originally fitted this bar made from a piece of stainless tube that I had left over and welded it directly to the endcaps.  But, it was just slightly flexible with the weights on and also I wasn't happy about how it attached to the endcaps.  It was impossible to get the weld all the way under where the bar touched the caps and so it would have let water through onto the unprotected steel. 

Its difficult to see because of the paint, but I re-made the bar is solid 316L and welded a stainless plate onto the caps first.  Then the bar is welded to that.  Now the part where I could not weld is letting water onto the stainless plate, rather than the unprotected cap.

I also welded on four stainless washers to hold the weights in the correct place.

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