After a quick trip to local metal supplier, it was time to lay out the frame.

And here it is all tack-welded.

And welded up and ground down. The original metal was disgusting because it had been out in the corral for so long. This took some scrubbing before priming and painting.

The end mounts are weld nuts. I didn't need much beyond a solid tack weld here because these are under compression. The tool bench was a different story with its levelers last year.

The butterfly mounts attach to the end mounts and squeeze the channel in the block wall.

Even though I did a lot of these welds in the dark, they turned out quite nice. This is 0.65" thin-wall steel tubing not in the greatest condition. In quite a few places, I had to build up the welds to bridge gaps. The welds are stronger than the tubing itself now.

And here it is. Total cost: $67, half for the 20 feet of 1" square tubing on the top and bottom, and the other half for paint (which is shared with the last part now).

And yes, I was camping with my dogs back there, at least until the tent got drenched. I need to get a picture of Amigo, the friendlier, inquisitive llama, and the dogs rubbing noses.

The last part was to rebuild the corral gate, which I had gutted for its uprights. This was some nasty rusted metal.

Here's the old geometry trick in action to verify that the frame is square. Both diagonals must be the same length.