Work is continuing apace with the wall that Phil built.
Here is the front of the monstrosity (taken during lunch, hence the stuff laying about).
You can’t see the top because it’s higher than the roll-up door.
The piece of angle that is about one-third of the way from the floor is only there temporarily. The piece of 8″ x 8″ square tubing just off the floor is the moving part.
Here is some of the higher stuff put in to support the wood that will help make this a sealed chamber.
After these photos were taken, we installed the jambs which will serve as the front of the fascia. I’ll get pics of those on Monday when I show up to help install some very specialized steel that will hold the main bits being tested by the seismic action.
I’m working on this project for the guy, as well as two minor items that have wheels, during the times when I’m waiting for parts to be given to me to install. I’m basically being told that any day between Monday and the start of the new school quarter that I want to work, I should come in and work. They have a backlog of smaller projects they’ve been thinking of building but put off because their previous welder was more time limited than I currently am.
To give you some hint of how much I’ve been welding for them, in four days I have gone through 11lbs of 0.035 MIG wire, and we’re about halfway done. While that is not a lot of wire for, say, a shipyard welder or a construction-crew welder, for a fabrication guy, that is a fairly good amount. I bought a 33lb spool this afternoon, and won’t be surprised if I run through half of it here before the start of the new quarter.