With only half of the work force in the morning and normal strength for the afternoon, we constructed the second wooden Crane leg we will need when we are lifting the long steel I beams.
The various metal collars, sockets and the main upright arm were cut, drilled and have pieces welded onto them.
Crane-Metal-Hardware
Then, the long wooden leg was put together, using similar timber pieces as last time, but we added extra reinforcing pieces to overlap the joints. This was all glued and screwed together and left overnight to set and cure, hence why we were late finishing at 6:40pm!!
2nd-Crane-Leg
So tomorrow, the last little job is to bore a large hole at the top of the leg to fit the socket with the plate on it to form the holder for the vertical pole that holds the hoist machinery on that makes our homemade crane.