Spent the last couple days messing with the notcher and starting in on the new front section. Nice to be able to cut compound notches. Still have to do some grind-to-fit work on them as my drill shaft has a lot of slop--found a hard chromed shock shaft to use, but didn't quite get the threads on the end of it square so the hole saw wobbles a bit. Have the new structure tacked together, still have to make two riser stubs to fit between the center bars and the rear of the upper arm mounts. Going to weld all the connections, cut the tack welds to the main frame, finish the underside welds then drop it back in and weld it in place. Shock mounts are going to be a challenge since i don't have anything perpendicular to weld them to.
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