Thanks fellas!

I celebrated by buying a new pair of overalls. I should frame the old ones since they were reserved for this project, but I threw them in the trash instead; better forgotten.

I have this TINY (I mean tiny, like the size of a toaster... maybe a little smaller than a toaster) inverter/stick welder from harbor freight that just plugs into the wall and I haven't found anything I can't weld yet (including 3/16ths steel to 1/4 inch steel on my trailer). I'll have some more fun (and make more super ugly welds) with it.

I drove through a tank of gas this weekend and didn't get any codes (including no emissions related codes, oddly).

 

it was a long time coming, good fight