My one hour in the shop, turned into 5 hours down there. I had the two forward plates to locate and weld in. I have to leave the forward X member in place because that’s where the core support bolts on. So, my boxing plates aren’t going all the way to the forward end of my frame. I cut out some half circles at the forward end of my forward plate where it meets the X member (thanks Kevin). I managed to get all but about 7” of seam welded before my wire spool ran dry. I was already tired and had I not run out of wire, I would have finished up. As it was, I changed the wire spool and turned out the lights.
