So I learned how to weld this afternoon, apparently!
Maybe not completely "learned", but I put a few things together that I had been struggling with and started to run some nice welds...Got the setting just right, wire speed good....thick and thin metal, much less of a problem.
Im am pretty stoked!
heres the larger panel that needed to be welded in place where the battery was. It took a lot of dry fitting and shaping, but I just kept at it until I liked the way it looked.
another angle:
the hole towards the top of the panel is a drain hole
Got the front edge marked with a straight line and began cutting. I found some angle iron that will be great for that spot. It really needs tying together for strength...its pretty flimsy up there...
Just to keep me honest, my buddy gave me a magnetic calendar...that way I can count down the days till we head out of Dodge for the Summer and the trailer has to be done!.......
Getting that steel is next.....
JP