coopering-part 3
  
This is the "head" (actually the floor of the hot tub) being assembled 
Scott drilling holes for the dowels that hold the "head" together 
Hammering the doweled pieces together 
Supervising...its my favorite job 
Starting to put on the staves 
Please excuse the guy-butts!...starting to look like a tub! 
the inside...see dropped pencil for scale 
At this stage, our temporary "hoops" (packing straps) are on, and we were all amazed that we could safely lean on the tub and it was solid! 
Next class we bend and attach the hoops (I think). There's still a lot to do...benches, stairs, staining the outside, etc....but WOW...its a tub! |
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| OOOO I am soooo envious!!!!!!! |
| wow u guys are moving right along. The tuv looks great! |
| So COOL! |
| Wow |
| That is really neat. How often do you work on it? |
got sheep wrote: That is really neat.
How often do you work on it?2-3 times a week, for 3-4 hours at a time. Our class meets from 6-9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we can also go in on the weekends to work on our projects. It has really gone together fast! 
Our 1st class was just history and math, the 2nd was a trip to the lumberyard to buy our wood (and learn how to choose the best) The 3rd was how to use traditional hand tools, and how to sharpen them, 4th was cutting the staves, and last night, class 5, was building the head and assembling. Of course...our tub has had 7 people working on it as a team, since the class is using ours as the learning example. Everyone else has theirs partly done (mostly just cutting), but wont finish until after ours is finished...then we help them, and so all of us will get tons of practice!  Its sorta like a barn raising 
Here's an example of teamwork at it's best...no amount of clamping would hold the head still while we hand-cut a bevel in the edge, so this gentleman decided that some weight in the center would do the trick! I loved the "Budda" pose
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| VERY nice! |
| That was cool!! |
| So much work!!
You don't look happy in your pic You've got a "ughh.. " expression it seems.
I'm rooting you guys on from here. |
| Looking good |
Joahaeyo wrote: So much work!!
You don't look happy in your pic You've got a "ughh.. " expression it seems. I'm rooting you guys on from here. I think it was more of a "Why are you taking my picture instead of working?" look, directed at my husband! |
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