> Quote - Rats. I'm at work and the image you provided won't display. I'll have to wait until I get home tonight.

Maybe it's the free image host I'm using.  Here's the image, attached to the post. Click to enlarge if necessary.  Making this was literally a two step process.  Very simple, and with some support loops, you can tighten all the corners nicely, and also add chamfers and bevels to any edge loop where needed.  If I were to model this as two separate objects, with different vert count, etc, then I'm limited as to how to make them look like one piece.

Rule of thumb; if you're modeling something that is supposed to be one piece in real life, or something welded together as one piece in real life, then best to model it as such. 

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