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For replacing this next piece of steel, I needed to measure the angle. Since the new steel was laying on top of the old, I used my protractor in this fashion.
I eyeballed the distance along the rule side and made sure it was even along the length of the old steel, since it was lower than where the rule is. (see red arrow).
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/measuringangle.jpg)
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Then I transferred the angle to the new piece of steel.
My chop saw will not cut an angle like this, so I just pulled out my Ryobi grinder with cutoff wheel in it, and cut the angle with it.
Then double checked it by laying it on top of the old piece and adjusted as necessary, with the grinding wheel.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/markingangle.jpg)
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In this pic, the green lines indicate new steel that I had already welded together.
the yellow lines are 3 new pieces that I needed to weld in.
You will notice the red circle, which is the angle I just cut.
The red arrow is a piece of steel that I moved to the left nearly 2". The reason for that is, so I can mount my emergency brake more securely.
If you remember, only 2 of the 6 screws for the e-brake, were screwed into steel. The other 4 were screwed into plywood, which was glued inside the wall.
I'd much rather have more screws into steel.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverssidefront10.jpg)
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So, now welding this puppy together.
The yellow circles were welded first.
The red circle area was welded last. Remember what I said about heat pulling steel in one direction or another.
If you look at the red arrow area, you can see that the top piece is no longer quite in line with the bottom. Even though this was clamped in place during welding, the heat pulled it a little.
It is not as bad as it looks, and with a little pressure will pull right down into place.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driverssidefront11.jpg)
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Quick tip tonight.
If you want to know if your welds are any good, just weld something, and then cut the weld in half.
If the weld is solid, you are on your way to good welding.
If the weld has holes in it, you need more practice.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/welds.jpg)
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2nd tip.
If you have no protractor and need to cut an angle, you can lay the piece you need to cut on top of the piece you are welding it to.
Using a square, line up the side of the top piece with the side of the piece you need to weld it to, and mark the top piece down the side.
Like so.....
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/markingangle2.jpg)
Then transfer that across the top of the piece that needs to be cut, and you end up with this..........
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/markingangle3.jpg)
Then go cut it. Either with a portable grinder with cutting wheel, or duplicate the angle in your chop saw.
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So, I decided to remove the window from the drivers door, as I do not plan to put the door back in, but I want to keep the window.
Here you can see the screw holes indicated by the red arrows, and after removing them, the brown trim ring inside gets pulled off, indicated by the yellow arrows.
After the trim is removed from the inside the rest of the window pushes out toward the outside.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driversdoorwindow.jpg)
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Here are all the screws I removed for this window. I didn't count them - feel free, if you need to know.... Lol.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driversdoorwindow2.jpg)
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After removing the window, this is what it looks like from the outside.
The caulking didn't hold extremely well.
This will save some weight by not putting the door back in.
The left front corner was always a little heavy, anyway. Between the door and 3 batteries in that corner, there was a bunch of extra weight.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driversdoorwindow3.jpg)
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This is the lower right corner, looking at the door from the outside, just above the door handle/lock.
This is how the rest of the door frame was constructed around the window.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/driversdoorwindow4.jpg)
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