My shop neighbor Arnie is a talented welder and he got his hands on a MIG welder today.

Arnie, welder extraordinaire
He offered to help us weld up the sled. Sweet. Some pics of the welding:

The finished sled:

My first weld:

It was hard to see the line I was welding.
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