Category: Build Progress

Today was the job of cleaning and painting the newly formed Cross steel framework pieces. All 9 were washed in hot soapy water to remove all the dirt and oil…

 Today, the first major welding task was done, putting together the 9 pieces of steel framework that will fix the two long side of the box shaped superstructure (the steel…

 This afternoon, more holes were drilled into the I beams, this time, the webbing received dozens of 5mm holes for wood screws to hold more timber in place. The I…

 The task continues to prepare all the steel pieces ready for assembly. Today, the big I beams sitting outside, got dozens and dozens of small 5mm holes put into the…

 This afternoon, the task of drilling all the bigger holes (13mm in diameter) continued and was finished today, using the hired “mag drill” machine with its core drill bit. The…

 Finishing in the dark this evening, we had drilled dozens of 13mm holes in the I beam pieces standing outside on timber planks!   We had to turn over the…

After getting the Mag Drill we finished off cutting the angled ends of the beam ties. Then we started marking and drill holes in the beams outside. The beams will…

 Today, drilling and cutting of steel pieces continues with the 9 pieces which tie the front and back beams together.. These are about 2.6m long 50mm square tubes with two…

Today, in the workshop, lots of pieces were drilled, like for example, the 10mm thick plates with 13mm holes in the 4 corners (7 of these, one for each leg).

The work continued today in preparing all the pieces of steel work, cutting some to the correct sizes, some being drilled with bolt holes and screw holes. There are hundreds…