Huichol page 32 June 17th trip (cont)
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The trusses are made of 3/16" x 6" U
channel and would have been too
heavy and too long to move if I had completed them in my shop at home.
So we opted to cut out all the pieces and weld them together here. I
didn't
get the depth of penetration I would have gotten at home using 1/8" rod
and
150 amps but I was able to squeeze the setting to 100 amps without blowing the
circuit breaker on the generator and using 3/32" rod I got good enough
penetration and lots of weld yardage so those trusses aren't going
anyplace.
Backside of truss ready to be welded
Painting completed truss
Pic of last truss welded and finished slab at other end.
Katarino, taking a break. He is said to be over 100 years old.
We now have a band. A base fiddle, a 5 string
small guitar, a regular
guitar, and a fiddle make up the music. They do songs in the evening
out of their hymnbook and improve with each session. I need to make
a trip to Dan Juan de Dios and pick up some bean rattles, maybe a
small tamborine, and a drum or two for the women to join in.
Next trip entails mounting the trusses and
welding the 6" U channel onto
them to support the roof laminar. All the tools and chain host are there
to
do this with and I gave instructions to Tomos to attempt this in my
absence
but I don't expect to see any trusses up just as I didn't see any more concrete
poured until I returned. There are good workers with lots of guidance but seem
unable to solve the simplest of problems.