Took the first step towards building my shop

[Frank S]

At the rate I'm going by the time I'm 90 I'll have my shop finished
I now have most of the trusses made no 2 are exactly the same for reasons which will not be apparent until the building is complete
this one will be 1 of the center trusses A full double truss that later I will be able to hang a beam on to become 1 rail of a bridge crane
It is 68 feet long 6 feet high and stiff enough to be carried while laying flat

This is the master corner column I will be mounting a crane on it which will be able to swing from outside to inside the building.
the crane is an old brick crane removed from 1 of the trailers I rebuilt Instead of sending the crane to scrap I figured I'd use it some day



The hole is almost 8 feet deep here I am filling the cavities in the wheels with a mixture of dry cement and clay the clay is moist so once I have them tamped full the cement will absorb the moisture

Now begins the filling and tamping clay rock and some cement is used in each 6 inch layer then packed down to 3 or 4 inches


The final layer is just clay and dirt since eventually when I get ready to pour a concrete floor I may have to remove some of the fill

Now for the crane pedestal
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The next step will be to establish the 2 remaining corners see you in another 4 months LOL