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Toss the 75 watt harbor freight grinder and use a 7 or 9" grinder with big flat not cupped wire wheel. I like the flat wheels with the bristles that are twisted in rolls, they last longer.
You do not have to remove every tiny piece of paint.
Make sure you use a dust mask for the nasty crap in...
Your base plan of cutting the tank and welding it on is fine.
Are you mounting it on a trailer or for home use? The reason I ask is for trailer there will be no clearance underneath the firebox or if you mount it too high on the trailer you will not be able to reach the door handles when it...
Looks like Dave has you covered with those numbers.
If in doubt lean towards the bigger side of dimensions as it is more likely to work than too small.
Hi there,
Post some pics and a drawing of what you envision and the folks here can help you.
More info you give the better the reply will be.
Also what you want to spend or not and what tools you have access too.
Looks like and old fuel tank.
If it is 3/16 or 1/4" it will work fine.
Depends how much you want to spend if you are going to sand blast of not.
Let us know what your plan is and we can throw in our 2 cents.
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