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Originally Posted by phaus01
I am guessing that you were sitting on quite a few progress pictures then. I love the work on the frame.
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I never seem to take the right pictures. I do take quite a few for documentation purposes, but I seem to miss the ones that might be interesting to other builders.
This is an early shot of the surgery in prep for boxing the frame:
The boxing itself was a breeze, thanks to my local scrap yard. They had nominal 6"x3/16" strapping that was the exact dimension needed. I just had to trim it where the frame narrowed at the front:
Here are a couple of pictures cutting the C-notches for the rack & pinion. Note that I don't have a plasma cutter, so the ol' acetylene has to do:
Here's the insert, half welded in. The slag cleaned up really quickly with the edge of a worn 4" grinding wheel:
