What?
metal will distort when welded, really.(just kidding) Ya took care to do just that, not the first time I've stumbled down that trail. Wouldn't want to micro measure it now, heard some realy big bangs from tacks breaking loose but all looks to have came out well.
The welding took well over seven hours, welder was acting finicky, but I won. Cleanup took another four. I'm putting it all together right know.
Patrick