I told myself I would go down to the shop and just spend maybe an hour working on my truck. I have a lot of welding to finish off the seams on my boxing plates, so started on the front plate on the passenger side. I welded an inch and ran into a spot bead, which was kind of annoying. I jumped back a foot and welded another inch and ran into another spot bead. It was at that point that I started to rethink my strategy of many spot welds to reduce concentrated heat in my frame rails. I shut off my welder, and picked up my 4” grinder. I ground down all the spots, and merrily welded 2” strips of bead before leaping ahead a foot to do another.
In hindsight, the way I have approached this boxing project has been too tentative. I didn’t want to create too much heat, but I could have used fewer spot welds and achieved the same result. Live and learn.
