Jane and Amanda paint while Sean and I entertain.
Work Crew: Jane, Amanda, Sean and Ulan
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Jun 22 2013
Layout Party
What a great day!!
Mamak came up with her friends and family from Orange County just to help. They were amazing and Ava was nice enough to share her music with us 🙂
Sheri laid down a lot of metal and Adam cleaned up and offered lots of advice. Jules started a lengthy discussion on …
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Jun 21 2013
Tools and tricks of the trade
Our education continues. Were we welding last night without gas? Maybe. Should we be using flux core to get into these hard places? Most def.
Buck came over early and inspected our welds. Looks like we are doing a good job.
Full speed ahead for Jeff and I. Picked up a new helmet …
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Jun 20 2013
Joy ride and steel plates
Grabbed Jules for an impromptu joy ride to Point Rayes. Returned determined to get all four steel plates welded into place. Sean returned after a day in SF to take a turn at welding.
Jeff showed up to lend a hand. Then Jules and Sarah arrived to offer good cheer. Sheri was called up to …
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Jun 19 2013
Dr. Reels, cleaning and practice, practice, practice
The day started off with a good talk with Jules about art and organizing our camp. The last big shipment of steel was delivered and Buck was kind enough to cut up some practice pieces out of extra 1/2″ steel plate. Jeff went off to work with a promise of grabbing our order of pine …
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Jun 18 2013
Interesting welding articles
I found this article interesting from a welding perspective.
Here is another one about the Bay Bridge welds. Sheesh!
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Jun 18 2013
Jeff’s truck got an ouwie
Jeff texted two pix and then went offline. More news to follow.
Ouch!
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Jun 18 2013
Sam Gipe and LEDs
Sam Gipe writes:
Here’s what I remember about LEDs:
Instructables and Candlepowerforums were good sources for ideas. This guide is awesome and is everything you need (basically, you’re building a really bright flashlight, though you might forego batteries):
Beginner’s Guide to explain simple LED flashlight
Lumens (brightness)
If I recall correctly, car headlights are …
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Jun 17 2013
Today we fix things and make them right
Today we are going to fix the extension cable, the gas (no more flux core!) and bring UNAVERZ inside so we can build her without wind.
I picked up the extension cable at Harbor Freight. I then brought the Cornwell MG 165 over to Speedox (I love those guys!) where Derrick fixed the gauge,secured …
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Jun 16 2013
Cutting up steel so we can practice our welds
After much discussion, we realize we need to practice out welds. The next shipment of steel comes Wednesday, that leaves us a few days to home our skills. Lets get to work!
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