Day 3 - Wednesday, 14th March
After some more cutting and grinding so the sides are flush I hold the body pieces together:
MadDog puts in the first weld, note the box of flammable wooden bits and our fire extinguisher (yes the pan of water that I "put" BBs into *cough* :P)
Hmmm smokey, the bit of wood underneath gets a tad hot :O
After a bit more welding, *Cough cough*
The smoke clears and sitting proudly is....
Front and back plate welded on, the top piece is just resting :) Need to grind the edges down now. The piston and some of internals will be mounted on the bottom plate so it's easily gotten too - also means they'll be no impact against the rear plate (thus very safe ;) and less stress on the welds) Oh yeah, it already weighs a fair bit :D