[rgunlock]

Thanks for the tips Robert! I was able to planish the welds on the left side of the bed because I could squeeze the dolly up there with my left hand and hammer with the right. Beat heck out of my knuckles though against the inner bed panel! No tool that I have would fit up there to grind the backside of the welds though. On the right side of the bed I'd have had to hammer left handed, which would have turned out badly I'm sure. That's where I ended up with the worse distortions.

Question is, is the surrounding metal likely to be shrunk, say 1/2 or 1" out from my weld, or could I cut out my patch and expect the panel to straighten back out? Of course I'd still have to come up with a better plan for the retry.

Edit: just watched the cool video. I never thought about right vs left snips, but would have assumed they were for right versus left handed people. Lot of good info there - thanks!