More roller frame assembly today. Almost there! I have to buy some more material tomorrow and it’ll be done except for the cable rigging etc. That’ll require a trip to Princess Auto (Dammit!) :-)….Overview looking forward. You can see how tight it is…
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Rolling frames continued…
More work on the rolling frames today. The forward frame is coming together now. I used the laser level to mark the vertical 2X6’s and trimmed those then added the cross piece. The backside of the same section.And the opposite side without the half cir…
Cat Emergency
Sorry for the delay in posting. We had a cat (four legged furry kind) emergency that had to be dealt with. The Princess (aka Shadow) decided all of a sudden to quit eating. She squirreled herself away in the basement and barfed up pretty much everythin…
Lotta Ponderin’ and a lil’ workin’
Today was one of those days I pretty much had no idea what I was gonna do first when I walked in the shed. Just picked up a 2X6 and started at it.First I laid out the two 2X6’s that will form the top (right now they’re on the bottom) of the rolling fra…
Ooops! Iroquois, we have a problem!
I don’t live anywhere near Houston so I thought I’d substitute Iroquois and you’d still get the reference to the Apollo 13 incident. Flipping this hull over has got to be one of the most challenging parts of the whole project. At least the most worriso…
Gin Pole Rigging Part 3
Had to reverse the lower u-bolt that’s there for the retaining straps. Swapped it around to the backside of the Gin Pole. I knew this was gonna happen but never thought about it when I rigged it the first time. Also added a ‘kick stand’ to the pole. It…
I have no vise
Well actually I had one. It broke. Just like the old saying ‘if it breaks, make it stronger, if it’s not broke, try harder.’ Well I tried hard and it broke. ;-)I think we paid $20 for this at an auction about 10 yrs ago. It sat in the garde…
Lot easier than I thought
Raising the Gin Pole by myself was a lot easier than I thought it would be. An extra pair of hands to run the winch would have helped but as it turned out wasn’t really necessary.Wrapped the pole in an old shipping blanket so it wouldn’t scratch the hu…
Gin Pole Rigging
Started rigging the Gin Pole this morning.The purpose of the Gin Pole is to transfer the load to the ground. Compressive strength for a 6″ X 6″ PT is approx. 26000 lbs. Buckling pressure is approx. 1285 PSI. It will be plenty strong enough to take the …
Now this sure is interesting
It’s a hole. A hole dug in the dirt. Well dug till I hit big rocks. Rocks too big to get out with a spade.And in case you missed the first two pictures here’s a third to complete the ‘Tour d’Hole’ :-)It’s not deep ’nuff to bury any bodies in so e…
