Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

I disassembled the boxes by cutting the tack welds and used my trusty grinder to rough cut all four side plates to shape. I tack welded the four plates together and laid out the other two adjustment holes one above and one below the stock spring eye location. The spacing on the holes center to center is 1.25” IIRC. They were then drilled on my drill press, rather than by hand, to ensure everything was kept as square as possible. I then finish ground the plates to shape as one so all four were identical. In the process most of the tack welds were ground away and they came apart easily. All the pieces finished and ready for assembly:

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