So, since I know your all on tenterhooks about this cage...
Final welds are done. I did grind the welds on the bungs back to flat to check for porosity and voids (none found). Then laid a heavy W weave back on top of the existing welds.
Where I had drilled into the cage to run wires I added reinforcement. It will make adding split o-ring grommets more difficult, but oh well.
Where the downtubes on the rear of the cage tie in I added
tacos that I fabbed up from 12 ga mild steel. Since these are really more ornamental than functional I ground the welds smooth.
The tacos also reinforce the area where I drilled to pass the wiring harness into the cage.
The last thing I did before calling it a night was connect a vacuum to the hole for the wiring harness and make sure that I had good suction at all the points I drilled for wires. Hate to find out after its powdercoated that I missed an internal pass thru.
So, all goes well, Wednesday I'll drop it off for powdercoat.