[TheForge] fish plates? just how big are they?

[Dan Brewer]

Give yourself about an inch overlap to distribute the strain\. weld up the
tear and then the fish plate.  Clean up the weld paintand you are on your
way.


On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 8:23 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
wrote:

> hello
>
> the mower deck is still a project in progress.
> I still to figure out how to block the fork lift so if the hydraulics
> fail i am not crushed by the forks. (absolutely no joy in that)
>
> anyway,  i was looking at the place that needs to be welded. The
> question that came to mind is "Just how big should fish plate be?"
>
> given the nature of the scalper wheel holder and the broken weld I was
> thinking a metal diamond about the size of my little finger fingernail.
>
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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