On Friday Sep 9, the Junior was dropped off for maintenance at Bromont. While it was an okay soaring day, there wasn't enough interest to fly, and a few of the usual suspects were out working on their trailers, and enjoying quite a nice day.
The entrance to the Carpenter Shack has been needed some TLC for a while... after 74 years, the wood beams were very soft.
Jarek got 3 long 2x12 pressure-treated boards long enough to do an interim fix. The story in pictures. Work was about 90% Jarek, 5% Mike, 5% me. While the punky boards will have to go, probably requiring a small digger (yippee!) rental, and a small concrete pour, and perhaps better drainage, the front of the shop should be ok for a year or two, and we can keep the tractor there over the winter safely. Work finished up late Saturday morning.
The Carpenter Shack is great for maintenance on gliders, trailers, fabrication, and was used for briefings and scoring at the last National Soaring Contest we hosted; it's a facility that makes a lot of the things the club does a lot easier. Thanks to Jarek and Mike for their work.
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| Beams fitted in (2 of 3) to replace punky wood |
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| Using jacks to sister the boards into a beam (Jarek, Mike) to push the rotten wood back |
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| Beams screwed together; blocks to connect to existing structure; plywood |
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| Steel to direct water away from wood |
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| Gravel to keep water away |
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| One hour later, OR trailer under repair, and drive belt temporary installation ongoing (Jarek, Jacques) |
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