PROJECT PHOTOS

Preparing for Excavation

November 22, 23, 24, 2002

Billy's Grandmother's milking shed

tracing edges of footing

Just starting the excavation

Building up speed with controls

Debbie posing for photo, really nervous

at 20% of 157.08 circumference

still digging

Billy at work

forming materials

Debbie being careful

 Billy made a measuring device out of 1" plastic pvc pipe so that we could scribe the 50' diameter circle. He put a piece of rebar in the center and then made a 25' length of pvc with one end that had a "t", and the other end two vertical lengths that would approximate the trench width of 36". This scratched a fairly accurate double circle that we would be able to excavate between. This was very easy to move around ahead of the backhoe. Each of the vertical pieces was made to be the correct depth of the trench on the inside and outside(14" and 13" respectively).

tracking due North

using device designed by Billy

Billy's impressed with the new toy

Billy's really going now

learning the levers and joysticks

checking depth

in the trenches

more trenching

Robo Laser Level