November 2, 2006: Chris and his Ironworker Acrobats
Cousin Arthur looks a bit lonely - but look at the clouds. A perfect day
for a bit of building
Today Sparky caught Chris and Manny and their cranes with Carlos, Nugget and
Stan in the air while Troy is working on the ground. Here is the worksite
and the project - add legs to the 2nd Pearman support
Here is the aerial configuration - Carlos, Nugget and Stan
You can tell it is Nugget - just look at his chin
Nugget signaling Manny and his red-crane-that-can
The base of one of the supports
Another view
Here is the other base - a virgin base that will com into action later today
Here they are - Stan, Carlos and Nugget - we've missed them and they have
brought back their smiles and energy.
Are these guys acrobats, ironworkers are clowns?? - Whatever, they bring a bit
of fun to the job
Here is Stan and his welding cap in the up position while Manny holds the
triple support tube array in place.
The completed Grace support
Here is our team - Carlos handing the torch while Stan is manhandling the
angle iron and Nugget is whispering encouraging words from above.
Click to watch
this dynamic trio do their thing
Stan is pleased with the final location of the angle iron brace
Welding the base of the bracket
Welding the top of the bracket
Stan is pretty good at this
More welding
Here you see Manny stabilizing the left side of the support and the legless
right side
The brace and the cables attached to Manny's crane
Here is Nugget placing another part of the suppport
and Carlos, with a little encouragement from his hammer
Nugget, standing TALL
with Stan welding another part of the brace
Here is a view from the end of the pier - Manny's crane to the left and the
man basket to the right.
Meanwhile, Troy is building another set of legs
Meet Troy
Cleaning a weld
More welding
while above - Nugget is continuing with Stan and Carlos
Another view of our dynamic trio
Here is Stan
Now Chris and his 7550 are erecting the other triple leg
Another view of the left leg being positioned
Here is Stan in his elevator
Positioning the other set of legs
and its footing
Finally - Chris
Clowns, acrobats or ironworkers - we love 'em.
The footing with Chris in the background
A drill for drilling the holes coupling the legs to the foundation
and now - both legs
as the sun says goodbye
Time to call it a day