PHOTOS 1

I FINISHED THE FRAMEWORK FOR ALL 27 STALLS OF THE ROUND HOUSE. I INSTALLED PINS IN THE BASE TO HOLD THE FRONT PIERS IN POSITION. TO DO THIS I DRILLED HOLES MARKED BY A JIG LINED UP ON MARKS I USED TO POSITION THE PIERS DURING CONSTRUCTION. I USED THE SAME JIG TO DRILL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIERS FOR THE PINS TO GO INTO. I EPOXIED THE PINS INTO THE BASE THEN PLACED THE ROUNDHOUSE IN POSITION PUTTING THE PIERS ON THE PINS TO HOLD THE STRUCTURE IN PLACE.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE COMPLETED STRUCTURE. I'M CURRENTLY WAITING FOR LASER CUT WINDOWS I WILL USE TO BUILD THE SIDES. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK AHEAD.

AFTER THE GREAT BASIN GETAWAY I WENT BACK TO WORK ON THE SAN BERNARDINO ROUNDHOUSE. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON STALL 22 OF 27 STALLS. BUILDING IT IN PLACE HAS BEEN NO EASY TASK, BUT I'M BECOMING MORE PROFICIENT AT MY TECHNIQUE.

THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE THE 22ND STALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE FAR END OF THE PHOTOGRAPH.

A CLOSE UP OF THE STALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOWS THE WOOD FORMS I USE TO POSITION THE PRE-BUILT STALL DIVIDER WALLS. I ALSO USE THOSE FORMS WHICH ARE POSITIONED ON CENTERLINES BETWEEN THE TRACKS TO MEASURE THE CROSS PIECES THAT TIE THE WALLS TOGETHER.

A VIEW FROM THE BACK. I POSITION THE REAR WALL CROSS PIECE FIRST BEING SURE TO CHECK THAT THE UPRIGHTS ARE SQUARE.

I BEGAN CONNECTING MY FRAMEWORK. I CONSIDERED A LARGE JIG, BUT CHANGED MY MIND. I DREW CENTER LINES BETWEEN THE TRACKS THEN MARKED THE FRONT AND REAR LOCATIONS. I MARKED THE BEAM LOCATIONS ON THE WOOD STRIPS SEEN ON THE RIGHT. NEXT I TAPED THE STRIPS ALONG THE LINES. I CUT THE BEAMS TO FIT BETWEEN THE WOOD STRIPS THEM GLUED THEM TO THE NEXT FRAME TO GO UP. THE FRAME WAS THEN PUT INTO POSITION AND GLUED TO THE FRAME ALREADY UP. THIS SYSTEM HELPS ME ADJUST TO SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TRACKS. SIX STALLS DOWN AND 21 MORE TO GO!

I FINALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE SAN BERNARDINO ROUNDHOUSE. I DECIDED TO BUILD IT FROM STYRENE. I USED A JIG TO CONSTRUCT THE STALL FRAMEWORK. MY NEXT STEP WILL BE TO MAKE A JIG TO HOLD THE PIECES IN PLACE WHILE I GLUE THE REMAINING FRAMEWORK. WISH ME LUCK!

HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE FIFTH STREET TOWER WITH IT'S NEW SIGNAL BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE IS STILL MISSING IT'S SIGNAL AND NEITHER THE BRIDGE NOR THE TOWER HAS BEEN SCENICED IN AS OF YET. THE BRIDGE WAS SCRATCH BUILT FROM STYRENE.