2012 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

The weather this morning was wonky at best, and dangerous at its worse. We had a light dusting of snow last night that was followed by a bout of freezing rain. It took quite a lot of effort to clear the driveway this morning. I got to the barn late only to find Bob sitting by Lucifer reading porn (a CMP manual). Not much happened before lunch, and after lunch Grant joined us.

Again, Bob and Grant were fixated on racks – not the kind young fellows think about, but equipment racks. They fabbed up a rack that eventually got bolted to the rear wall. After that fun Grant kept busy dashing about – in fact he disassembled four dashes this afternoon. As with all things CMP, differences soon appeared – Grant can fill in blanks on this one.

My afternoon was spent clearing snow and ice from the shelters, doing some sandblasting and fixing a window throw out arm off of the 42 Pilot Model. One of the four arms was broken. Another had been repaired with a very nice weld job, so I called in my expert to fix the break in the arm. Bob did a great job aligning the metal and flattening out ends so that they matched. A few zaps later and a quick session with the grinder, the arm looked ready for use.

Like all things we enjoy, time at the barn went by in a flash, and I headed back to Ottawa for my domestic duties.


Photos:

1 - Bob playing with a nice rack
2 - Mr Dash
3 - Pilot Model window throw out arm - before
4 - Arm - during
5 - Arm - after