Our first window

Well its Christmas already and with 10 days off another big working bee is planned. First job on Christmas day while Tina cooks the turkey I cut the frame and weld it together around the window. Next job is to cut the hole in the container hopefully the same size as the frame. It goes together OK but I need to make a better guide for the plasma cutter. It takes most of the day but it is in and finally we have a window now  all we need is a breeze because it is quite hot.

Roof beams are launched

We have over the last couple of weekends though finished prefabricating the roof beams. So they were all bolted together posts fitted and prepared to weld onto the roof.
 
It has rained heaps in Tully early this week and we were worried we would have to cancel the erection of the beams. But it fined up later in the week and it was hot as hell and sunny when we arrived on Saturday morning sporting fine hangovers form another work Christmas party.
 Our neighbour Chris brought over his tractor with a lifting device which was not quite high enough, back to the farm to find the extension bar and we were into it. The first one is always the hardest and with the Safety Officer on watch (Tina) there were a few nervous moments but the first one was in place and tacked on to secure it. On to number 2 which was much easier and number 3 was fine as well. Looking good an lining up well, but onto number 4 this one was a problem because it was the only one we could not reach properly so we move out the extension bar and secured it precariously on the end of the beam (more nervous moments form the safety officer) but we got it in place and No. 5 was easy.

 Well that was over great work, well not really now I have to go back and fully weld them all. 34° burning sun n top of a hot tin roof with a welder. It was so hot and we got 9 of the 20 support posts fully welded that night. We knocked off and were both completely buggered time to celebrate Tina’s birthday with Prawns and Morton bay bugs. I have heard a rumour some folks down south have gone of their bugs, but I have got to say these were the fattest plumpest juiciest bugs I have had, and they were delicious.

 

So Sunday was left to weld the rest of the posts, close of some roof gaps with plate and clean up. All done and once again we were stuffed. A lot of storm activity was building up in the afternoon but missed us bit it did cool off a bit with the cloud cover.

We planted some more trees including a new Mango, Orange, tropical apple and pecan tree. Tina is going to learn how to make pecan pies. It was the first time we stayed over Sunday night so we got a lot more done and we drove to work Monday morning.

Roof beams up and fully welded a great milestone completed J