A new Boring Tool made
This afternoon, we researched and designed a simple boring tool for making holes into the soil where we need to insert temperature sensors in and around the Energy Modules. We…
New Tool to Split apart the Aquacell Crates
This afternoon, while we waited for the black metal paint to dry on the wheel hub, we made a new tool to help us take apart the plastic holey crates,…
Wheel on Trolley Fixed and Resprayed!
This morning, on this lovely Sunday morning, we did some maintenance tasks, like for example, repair the puncture we got in one of the tyres of the large flatbed trolley.…
Started Filling in Trenches!
This afternoon, we started putting all the dirt and soil back into all the trenches of our three sewage pipe runs. We began at the trench cutting across our driveway,…
Big Trolley repainted
We bought a big hand trolley (2.4 m x 1.2 m, 1000 kg load) back in 2002, and have used it extensively since. The steel frame has been desperately in…
Mini Trolley Repaired
Stephen repaired the mini trolley on Thursday afternoon and this Morning. The rear wheels were completely broken and the axles bent badly. The front wheels which had been already reinforced…
Concrete Vibrator
We use for the first time, our new tool! It is a vibrator to help settle the concrete down and knock out any pockets of air. It is very noisy…
Mini Trolley Met Big Bad Truck!
OOPS! The dumper truck has just ran over our poor little platform trolley! We were reversing the truck to gain room and straighten up, in order to move the load…
Platform and Ramp
The platform and Ramp is now ready for helping us get the concrete into the “hollow tubes” in the wall. The ramp is 12 feet long as we found that…
High Platforms x 4
This afternoon, we built 4 wooden platforms to help with the next stage of pouring concrete down the hollow columns in the ball wall of the swimming lane. In order…