Makes total sense. Still undecided if I am going to do what you did or build an extension off the front and back of the existing base. Thanks!Thanks!
Well, I did think about using it but I figured I would have had to have gone with at least 1/4” thick aluminum flatbar for the brackets to be as strong as the 3/16” stainless steel and bending the aluminum might have been weird compared to stainless......ie might have cracked or split when bending it with a hammer in my vise. Or bending it back would weaken it more than steel would . And anything thinner than 1/4” wouldn’t have been as strong.