Track frames

These brackets were fabricated from mild steel and silver soldered from two components, one turned the other a CNC profile. The brackets hold the idler wheel axles.

The channels are made by stick welding two pieces of angle after it has been machined to make the channel 36 mm deep.

A piece of aluminium was used as a heat sink to weld on the inside first, both angles were clamped firmly.This resulted in a good penetration weld.


A weld was then run on the outside, this weld was ground off and filed flat. The resulting channel although badly warped was clamped flat on the mill table and surplus weld machined off.
The resulting channel was then straightened in a press.

The track frame pivot was fabricated from mild steel and silver soldered.