Namealreadyused
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I continued reading about it and see what your saying now. It’s wild how not bringing the welds together allows it to flex a tiny bit to prevent cracking.A suggestion for the piece of metal that you are adding in for your extra strength i would change the way you have it. I would do what is called fish plating. it allows for more weld surface area. Google fish plate frame and you can see different ways of doing it.