[csmeutah]

Removed the cab, lift is incredibly helpful here


Used a plasma cutter and air hammer to extract the rivets and off to the sandblaster. the running board brackets were beat up and mostly broken so cleaned it all down to the frame with just the 3 crossmembers.



Back from the sandblaster, I used a 6 1/2 dewalt circular saw with a Freud blade to cut the slots for the front suspension cross piece. Nice and straight cuts with no cleanup although it was a little jumpy on the plunge cuts. Love the plasma but when I use it there is a real mess to cleanup. This is ready to weld. I use the 14" metal cutting blade in the chop saw but this was amazing for the smaller straight detail. Will definitely use gloves next time (and probably not hold the blade guard with my thumb...)