Wall piers
Capping balls
Equipment overhaul
Mine lighting switch
Workshop refurbishment
Geoff had painted and pointed the additional piers during the week and now glued them in place.
He then 'turned' his hand to making the balls for the cappings. Seaches for purchasable balls the right size and sensible prices having drawn a blank, he decided to make them himself. A form-tool was filed to shape in mild steel and a piece of nylon tried out. It wasn't a success as a smooth finish was not achievable. Aluminium, whilst not perfect, generated an acceptable ball.
Finally, some of the paint mixed for the bridge and rock-faces was applied to the balls and cappings.
The gates were all painted dark green, which set everything off nicely.
Laurence continued to refurbish tools from the workshop.
Stephen fitted two old slide switches to the wooden frame he'd made the previous week. This was fitted onto the mine baseboard, under the hillside, and the wires fitted. The mine lighting was successfully tested. The second switch is for the workshop lights - both room and brazier led's.
Stephen then glued the new 9mm ply wall parts to the workshop frame, which made everything quite rigid. The original holding-down bolts were refitted to the new front wall.
