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Re: Make it handle
That is a very creative way to notch the frame, I like the frame jig. Being a welding instructor, I am always encouraging my students to have complete joint penetration by beveling the joints. I am a firm believer that if your welds are sound you do not need a fish plate and you can still get a good nights sleep. Although fish plates are a good idea to make it bullet proof if your not confident in your welds, but I think the frame looks so much better with out them. The 70S wire in the MIG set up is stronger than the parent metal of the frame rail, I have done many destructive bend test with both MIG and TIG single pass weld joints and the weld performs nicely with out breaking at 25 ton. Conversely I have also done many tests on students welds they claimed they knew what they were doing and then watch it break along the joint line under 3 ton of pressure.
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