I got my chop saw up and running again, so it's time to get back to building.

There's an off-the-beaten path tool shop in my area.  The guy there has parts and pieces for any power tool made since 1932.  After shelling out a whopping $1.58 for a pair of new brushed my $50 chop saw is humming like new.  Time to finish fitting and burning in the first of the triangulation.  Eventually this truck may get a full on coilover link suspension, so I'm building for that from the get-go.

This is what I'm talking about when I say the two down tubes will share footing realestate.  A quck 34-degree notch in the forward tube and it fits like a glove.

The image is a little small to see, but there's a full 8 or 10 tube notches visible in this photo alone.  You've got to plan ahead a bit since any tube that's overlapped by another will need to be fully welded before the tube that covers it is installed.

I'm gonna swap out the 0.035 wire in my MIG for some thinner 0.030 since I'm not filling huge gaps or filling in deep chamfers.  The .035 wire is just too butch when you're working with joints as tight as this and it's a little difficult to keep the nozzle moving fast enough to keep the puddle right - especially on these snaking tube joints.  I'll work on making nicer MIG welds with the .030 until I find a TIG welder setup on craigslist that I can afford.