Sunday, 6 October 2013

Days 11 - 12: Last Weekend Overtime

This weekend has been very tough on us since the workshop is closed and we had no resources to finish the project. Nevertheless, we payed from our own budget to get drills, jigsaw, dowels, hammers and everything else required to make it happen. We started by cutting the dowels for the base which consists of 2 pieces on the X axis of the post and 2 pieces on the Y axis interlocked together with dowels and locks to prevent the structure from tilting against wind forces or any kind of misuse.

Cutting the dowels inside AVA since this is the only place with power available
We used our own materials and ingenuity to clamp the last pieces together and drill the holes on the dowels for the locks, which are basically smaller dowels wedged in the bigger interlocks.

Clamping the post for maximum tension and cutting the holes on the dowels for the locks

Cutting the holes manually with our own drill

Base brace on the X axis

Base brace on X and Y axis
Our working conditions were so difficult to cope with that we even had to charge our drill batteries several times in order to keep working.

Charging our drill batteries in the AVA and in the West building later on when AVA closed
We had to make some modifications and last minute changes to make everything happen even though night was already upon us. The lights of the nearby highway gave us just enough light to work and eventually managed to finish the whole structure in one day. It is strong enough for Amir to have his late night workout.

Working out last minute changes

The structure is strong enough for Amir to do his workout on it

Elevation in perspective

Our final structure 

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