We never seem to do things the easy way. Matt has been busy in the Copper Crown in the Hazelnut Inn, laying tiles on the lower floor. He started with the center tiles of a seven-foot diameter circle in the sitting room. These were laid square to the room. Then came an outline of cut border tile. Now Matt is beginning to lay the balance of the tile in the room on the diagonal, with a row of cut border tiles around the perimeter. This kind of complex tile pattern means tons of cutting and fitting, but it will look fabulous when it is all done! Stay tuned to see it come together…
First class assistant
Laura is amping up my productivity by doing all manner of jobs through the week, cutting steel, lots of grinding, assisting me with measuring, lifting and holding, and of course mixing lots of sculpt for me to work with. She has also painted the first coat of colour onto the Downey signs and, of course, tidied all areas of the shop. It has been a busy week with lots accomplished already, with one more whole workday to go. Stay tuned…
Getting into our work
The ‘O’ is plenty big enough for us to climb up onto the welding table into the middle for a comfortable way to weld and grind the center walls of the letter. This letter has a little over 70 linear feet of weld. We made great progress today with all the pieces welded into place. Tomorrow morning, Laura will do the grinding. We can then flip the ‘O’ and then weld up the back edges. It won’t be long until we start the third of seven letters for Downey’s Farm. Stay tuned…
