Trial fitting

Tonight's job was to see if the steel beam which was lifted up the tower last week was in the right place. The best way to do this was to put the treble headstock and wheel in place.

It all fitted very well indeed.

The next thing to do is to concrete the beam in place, and then bolt it all together properly.

Steelwork

We've not been doing any work in the tower for a few weeks. It's been far too hot for anything too strenuous!

Some of the steelwork was delivered last week, including the beam on which the new treble will hang. Tonight's job was to haul it up the tower and put it in place in the NE corner of the tower.

The beam was pretty heavy and getting it up there did make us sweat a bit! This beam will be concreted in place in due course, but this might need to wait until the weather is cooler.