The wonderful thing about having modern CNC equipment is that it can run while I am keeping busy doing other things. Today the machine carved out the window panes for the NEB’s building. These window assemblies will be mounted to the steel frames and then we’ll sculpt the concrete around them. My task is to stay one step ahead of the welding crew who are always quickly catching up.
Water wheel dreams
I’ve long been fascinated with water wheels. We designed and built a small wooden one in a very early project about forty years ago and another 12’ steel version about ten years ago. But I’ve dreamed of building a larger version of a Pelton wheel since then. We’ve designed and proposed a number of these through the years but other more pressing projects took its place each time…. until recently. We now have an eighteen-foot-six-foot diameter wheel under contract. It will be all steel, except for the (sculpted) stone base. The wheel will be fabricated in two halves, plus the center spool and the base as three sections for economical shipping on a step trailer. We will fully assemble it in our yard before shipping to ensure it is perfectly balanced. The steel is on order and the cutting files are ready for the plasma table. Stay tuned for when the sparks begin to fly…
Kitchen like no other
There’s a small kitchenette in the North Star suite. As with all of the other areas of the Hazelnut Inn, it will be fully themed from the peak of the tall ceilings to the tiled floor. The painting crew has now finished the base coats of paint and will move on to the glazes this coming week to finish off this area. The floor tiles have arrived so we can soon begin the floors. Stay tuned…
