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East Ramp Construction - 12/09/2007

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All graphics courtesy Paul Bradshaw 


What a beautiful day for ramp construction!

Loren Dynneson finishes putting hangars on the trellis

Doug Brown nails a 2 x 6

Dave Samuels, Rick Morales and Loren straighten a 2 x 6

Loren, Mark Levin, and Rick  have been busy since the last work party pouring the stairway pad and getting things ready for this work party.

The stairway layout became a trigonometric puzzle.  After developing two templates, Loren's math was vindicated, and the root cause was found to be tolerance stackup.  

Here, Loren and Mark Levine make a small adjustment.

See, it all fits!

Meanwhile Dave Samuels, Paul Bradshaw (behind the camera) and Rick apply numerical methods and a real-world simulation to make sure the baluster spacing is accurate.

The baluster math seems to work.

Under darkening skies, Rick pushes on

When the snow starts to accumulate, we decide to call it a day.
   Dave Samuels, Doug Brown, Mark Levine, Loren Dynneson, Paul Bradshaw, Rick Morales.
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