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Preparations continue.

Firewood Dome

Firewood Dome

Immediately adjacent to our mold-making / casting area Ojar is having his workers construct this huge firewood dome! Everyone is jealous of the scale . But, we persist. Today we built the flask for Victor and  are filling it with sand. Here are a few step-by-step images:

Nine thousand lbs. of silica sand arives

Nine thousand lbs. of silica sand arives

The silica sand for the resin molds arrived this morning.

Victor & pattern.

Victor & pattern.

Victor makes final adjustments to his pattern.

Victor's flask.

Victor’s flask.

Everyone pitches in to help build the flask.

Victor is happy!

Victor is happy!

Other molds are being worked on as well.

Ben trimming his mold.

Ben trimming his mold.

Ben & Liz’s molds are being prepared for the second half. They will be made tomorrow.

The cold weather has moderated a bit and the temp is perfect for working. We have had no serious rain to date and hope that this trend will hold. Keep following.

 

 

May 30, 2014 Carl Billingsley

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2 Responses to Preparations continue.

  • Stuart Kent May 31, 2014

    great blow-by-blow! what craziness does Ojars have planned for the firewood dome?

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  • Benjamin Billingsley June 9, 2014

    Ditto Stuart’s question about the dome!

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