Final Leg Set and Bolted Down
We finished off the crane this morning with the insertion of the metal socket plate at the top of the wooden crane leg. Then we attached a long arm at…
Second Crane Leg Built
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 Main Six Legs Are Bolted Down
We continued the work of setting the legs to be in their absolutely correct positions and bolting them down. We are using a special bolts which ‘self tap’ into concrete,…
Installing Temporary Adjustment Struts at Top of Legs
In the morning, we spent making 7 wooden struts with metal tabs on the ends to control and bring together the distances at the top of the six legs that…
Seventh And Final Leg Is Standing Proud!
On a rather warmer day, we got the seventh and final steel leg hoisted and positioned in the required place. We prepared for this operation by making two bracing beams…
Third Pair of Leg Are Up and Connected
This morning, in a freezing strong wind, we connected the second pair of legs (number 2 and 6) back to the first pair (number 1 and 7) using U Channel…
Next Two Legs Goes up!
It wasn’t so bad today in regards to ice, there were still patches of ice here and there but they were just melting and breaking up as soon as you…
Hurray! Two Legs Are Up and Tied Together!
Yippee! The temperature overnight was warm, positively balmy at 5°C and the water lying around on our concrete didn’t freeze again and nearly all the remaining ice had melted by the…
Repaired and Modified Scaffolding Platform
Since it got dark and too cold to work outside, we carried on in the workshop to repair the damaged platform segment (this is the middle of the 3 segments…
Crane Unit Completed
We finished off building our little crane unit by making a hollow tube attachment welded on to a metal plate, this will hold the other end of the horizontal bar…