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Originally Posted by Sirrotica

That's a nice looking main girdle you're making to hold everything together without a skirted block to start with.

That's the original girdle I made years back ,it works fine but I have another stronger one in the making, I want to really lean on this new combo.
The idea of the girdle is to emulate a skirted/crossbolted bottom end, which along with the welded in valley should strengthen the block substantially.