Welding & Welding Slag

Yesterday I started welding the frame together.  Kirk and I spent a lot of time just trying to get the two bike frames to fit together squarely, thus I only spent about 30 minutes welding two rods on and 3 hours fitting them together.  But, that's the hardest part of the frame; the rest is just building off that and shouldn't be as hard.  I still need to work out the drive assembly though, so that will take some time once the frame is finished.

Top-side view.  Note assorted metal parts leaning on frame.

Close-up.  Note again the random collection of metal that's not actually part of the frame, but still on the frame.

First welding slag burn!  May no more follow!