Tube fitting, making a transmission mount ends in frustration, looking for a better way. Options

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I have been working on mocking up pieces for my Conversion. I tack weld stuff up, and then bribe my buddy who is a pro welder to come over and do the good stuff. He's a sucker for Brisket, I can smoke a mean Brisket (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

But this is where I ran into issues. I can cope tube to tube joints all day long. Find the angle run it through my machine make it a little long and grind / file it for a perfect fit. Easy enough.

Well the transmission mount, I am going with 2 plates one up top, one below. They mount into a poly mount at the top much like the stock transmission mounts. multiple angles are involved. After several weekends of playing with the idea, I got me one of these.

It did make to process closer but still not accurate enough for me to say I am done.

So what are the tricks?

I could build it out of flat pieces and make a box. 16a sheet metal would work. I just like tube.

I could take a piece of rod or wire and cut it to fit, then tack in place and figure out my angles and then transfer that to tube. Just looking for a good trick to get this done, and learn something new.

Here is what I came up with so far, my welding buddy will reject it as the gaps are to big, and I agree. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)