Painting the columns

Today has been an awesome day; progress so far on this project is really good.

Carrying a length of steel for cutting

A cap on the end of the beam

Bekir nudging the beam to the center

Welding it in place

Tempering the joint

Halil painting

Test fit is good

Finishing up the painting

The men were in on time and set to with cutting the final two uprights for the left hand side columns. The new machine is proving to be an epic purchase however in the video above they actually had to change the disc to do the final little bit as the disk had just worn down too much. Either way, we had spares and as you can see an entire 160mm IPE was cut in two minutes flat. Awesome. With all the lengths cut they started the next task which was to weld caps on top and bottom of each length. This will spread the weight where it sits on the concrete and provide a better join. Once the welding was done Bekir tempered and cleaned up each weld while Halil started painting with the three in one sealing paint. The end of the day saw the final uprights painted and from Monday they will be able to start raising these beams. A quick test with the shortest one, which will stand on the end wall, puts these as exactly the correct dimensions.

Rosie helps me with the tent pegs

Xena gets in the way

Teddies watching the tent excitement

Mushrooms in the garden

This evening I am camping with Rosie again so when she got back from school I went and pitched the tent with her. She helped with the tent poles and also the pegs and we got it set up super fast. Xena, on the other hand, just kept getting in the way. I also noticed some mushrooms growing which are apparently edible however I don't think we'll risk it.

So there it is. Time for me to go get in the tent. Thanks for reading, back Monday