The materials for the water tower have arrived! Kyle and I have never welded, so Michael taught us everything he knows. We started practicing by building a simple work bench. Our welds aren't pretty by any means, but they hold the metal together.
Before the welding started, we had to mark the cuts we needed on the angle irons for the workers that are assisting with the construction. Kyle and I measured and marked the angles and lengths based on the sketch Michael gave us of the work bench. After all the cuts were done, we looked at the pieces and realized that something had gone wrong. There was no way these pieces were going to fit together to make a square. All the angles we had marked were completely wrong! We had a good laugh for several minutes, "put our thinking caps on", and marked all the angles again correctly. Good thing we started on the work bench for practice before starting on the water tower.
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christine- I love reading your updates and especially to hear that you are welding!! Go girl!!! love and miss you!
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