The Raya has landed!

[Silkie]

Can't wait to try it out.

[little boy blue]

on the basis that - if you don`t ask - has it arrived for a group test ?

[DaveS]

That looks an interesting shape. How heavy is it?

[Booby Trapper]

That looks an interesting shape. How heavy is it?

And how good is that weld?

[Silkie]

It's the 600, the baby of the range (not in fact the smallest, having now checked ) and weighs 4.75kg. It's fluke is the same area as the 10kg Spade however and significantly bigger than my 20lb plough. I'm completely sold on the idea that it's the area that does the holding but if I'd been buying I'd probably have gone for the 800! For purposes of a test however, it seemed only fair to go with the manufacturers recommendation but I expect I'll be using the GPS anchor alarm for a while.

Regarding a group test I'd thought we might hang the CC fleet off it for a night.

[Silkie]

And how good is that weld?

I'm no expert although I have seen prettier welding. What do you think?

[sahona]

I didn't like the welding either - looks like mine...
without a ruler in the pic, the shank looks like an interesting shackle key.
I'd like to see what it looks like after having been jammed in a rock crevice and pulled - hard.

[Silkie]

A couple more welds. This is the weld of the "tip" of the fluke, about 10mm thick and the "fan" which is about 3mm thick. From the top:



and the bottom:



Not sure what I'm seeing running across the second pic but it looks as if the shank is set into a slot in the tip of the fluke and welded from both sides.

[damo]

Can't wait to try it out.

I hope it performs better in public than it's main proponent on another forum

[ash]

The look of the welds don't inspire much confidence. The weld should have a even scalloped look, though the galvanising will hide some of the look. There's evidence of weld splatter which isn't good from the point of view of long term lack of rust.

The Tempest version doesn't have any welding - it relies on a wedge shape. The Raya maybe has something similar such that the weld isn't carrying the weight.

The welding is likely to be more than strong enough - it just doesn't look like the work of a professional.

Ash

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Ash, the welding is whats known shipyard welding, and is normally as rough as a badgers donky.
Have you ever looked at the welding on a ferry? not a pretty sight.
If I got a pound for every welding rod I have used I would be a millionaire by now.
C_W

[sahona]

Where are you getting the free rods from eamonn?

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Like the oxalic, bought in bulk sold what I dident need at a proffit
Only pulling yer leg Bill, done a lot of welding when I was a construction plant fitter, one of my jobs was to clean the cut off ends of the main angle iron legs of tower cranes with expendable base sections, and weld on 24"x24" square steel leveling plates for when the section would be getting bedded in concrete at the next crane errection, the rods were 8mm dia wire size and the heat from them when welding was cruel, never suffered from cold hands back then.
Also got all the mot welding repairs to do when I was a mechanic, using both oxy in the earlier days and mig when it became more fashonable.
Must admit I love welding and have a stick welder and full size oxy kit of my own.
My welding is always "Well did"

[sahona]

Well, that's your name on the blackboard, Eamonn.
Step forward the hydraulic man next.

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Well, that's your name on the blackboard, Eamonn.
Step forward the hydraulic man next.

Should that not be Chalk board?
I also worked on hydraulics while a plant fitter, infact I repaired everything from electric hand tools to tower cranes, including Greko airless spray units and Alimac material hoists, you better get a bigger chalk board Bill.