OK, we had a very productive day yesterday, 9-14-11. Got all of the materials to the work shop and realized that we did not yet have the hinges that have been on back order. Time to improvise as we need hinges welded on before the final door cuts are made. I had some fancy hinges ordered, 4 inch with grease zerk. Well, they never came and never were mailed so I canceled the order and had to go with a bolt & barrel design. I think they turned out fine. This guy made handy work of cutting the doors with a plasma cutter. Nice & clean cuts will grind down very nicely.
Now working on the handles. Again credit to Raptor for the idea of the chipping hammers for spring / heat proof handles.
Seems like the more we worked, the more people started stopping by to see what on earth we were doing. We picked up a couple of helpers along the way. :))
Plasma cutters RULE !!!!!!!
At last, 4 PM came and my help needed to go for the day. I wanted to at lease get a good burn going to get rid of any propane FUNK inside the tank. Turns out, the place where the work is taking place had a bunch of downed HICKORY TREES out back. Is this KARMA or what? Wifey suggested that I should have bought a lottery ticket. It was a great day for building. Tomorrow is going to be an OFF day due to Bow Season opening day in Missouri. I don't bow hunt, but the important people in this equation do, so maybe Ill come back and put a second burn on this tank, drink a beer & dream about the next phase... More later, Ken