Stop in for a cup of coffee

btw.. when you cut out the old ****.. cut 1" more than you think you need to.... trust me.. i cut too short on all my **** and spent time welding to rust... can't really use butt and cut on that.. i keep big sheets of project paper to make templates from
Yes. Giving myself some playroom. I'll see how far it goes when I start removing the rot. There's some spot welds I'll need to grind out