Finishing up the neck. Few more tack welds...
And final bead
Checking the warpage factor
Time to seam seal the weld and mount the drip tray
The stainless drip tray (cat food bowl) is too thin to weld, so I carefully positioned the tray upside-down and used JB Weld as a "collar"
Worked great...the JB Weld supports the tray from underneath...no welding involved, and it is not going to move.