8.8 swap
Well initial cut is done 1/16" oversizex so i can work the metal down to get the butt tighter all the way around. Now i just have to take my time filing it down. But I need two cheap 5" C clamps. Time to hit up "china freight" harbor freight after work tomorrow . I have a single 4 and a single 6. Not gonna cut it. Cant go wrong with more C clamps though.
Got that ring of steel cut out of the tube. Thinking of making a sodapop can holder for my toolbox at work out of it, or weld a bottom on it and make it a pen holder/paperweight.