Work on the A-frame today

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Today is frame work day after a trip to Penn Yan with Kim to Hoover's Farm Supply for a 2 inch square tube by six feet long for the axle support and a couple 3/16 inch plates to mount the stub axles.
We discovered that Hoovers is now only doing Saturday hours by appointment but we called the phone number and they were quick to attend to our order and we were back on our way home in no time. Gotta love the Mennonite work ethic!
I dropped Kim off at the apartment as she had reservations about standing in the 90 + heat watching me weld. 
It's been awhile since I've had to weld anything and to no surprise my mig welder tank was empty so that meant a trip to Canandaigua Tractor Supply to swap the argon / CO2 tank for a fresh one. 
Finally about 1:30 I had my shit together enough to get started. I measured the spacing between arms at the back and clamped them in place at 60 1/4 inches apart to allow the walls and the floor to slide in between.
I cut the 2 inch tubing to length and cross measured to make sure the axle stubs would be aligned properly.
The design of this frame is intended as an ultralight way of putting axles under a camper. It differs from traditional frame design in that it is not a boxed perimeter design. It is merely a triangulated A- frame that relies on the trailer's floor being a lightweight but strong construction and the whole epoxied wooden body stucture once anchored to the A-frame becomes the rigid assembly. The goal is to end up with something that in completion weighs about 500 pounds. You couldn't use this design under a heavy trailer. 
We purchased this as a project started by someone else, but have good plans and scale drawings but I sometimes think I have a better idea, and we have strayed a little so we're figuring as we go.
 
Everything got tack welded in place and then final welded and ground smooth for some primer and paint.
I marked out the 12 mounting holes for the axle stub plates and
drilled them out on the drill press. This is a slow process as I start a pilot hole with an 1/8 inch bit and work up to 3/8 inch holes then another pass thru with a 1/32 larger bit.

It's now nearly 6 o'clock and time to eat. This thing might roll on wheels tomorrow!! 

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