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As time progresses, photos of the project will be added here.

dsc_0508.jpg This is what 600 lbs of emt looks like on the back of a Miata Big   ===   Original	dsc_0798.jpg 250 cut struts Big   ===   Original	dsc_0799.jpg Squishing Big   ===   Original	dsc_0801.jpg Big   ===   Original
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dsc_0814.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0816.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0818.jpg A jig I designed to hold the press plates where I want them Big   ===   Original	dsc_0820.jpg Big   ===   Original
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dsc_0846.jpg test-assembly: doorway section Big   ===   Original	dsc_0858.jpg Test assembly begins; you can see how the hoist has twisted slightly, despite the cross-braces. Big   ===   Original	dsc_0859.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0869.jpg Three courses finished; raising the dome to start the fourth. Big   ===   Original
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dsc_0876.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0882.jpg Templates are used to lay out the faces of the dome cover on canvas. Big   ===   Original	dsc_0883.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0884.jpg Big   ===   Original
dsc_0885.jpg Concept from sketch to photos of finished dome. Big   ===   Original	dsc_0888.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0902.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0903.jpg Big   ===   Original
dsc_0904.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0907.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0907b.jpg Back at the lodge, we toasted our adventure Big   ===   Original	dsc_0908.jpg Big   ===   Original
dsc_0909.jpg Doing large flat-felled seams. Big   ===   Original	dsc_0911.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0912.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0915.jpg Big   ===   Original
dsc_0917.jpg Testing a small segment of the cover Big   ===   Original	dsc_0918.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0928.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0934.jpg Big   ===   Original
dsc_0937.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0958.jpg Big   ===   Original	dsc_0994.jpg fountain frame nearly complete Big   ===   Original	dsc_1035.jpg fountain frame complete Big   ===   Original
dsc_1036.jpg testing the fountain frame Big   ===   Original	dsc_1038.jpg sewing the very last seam Big   ===   Original	dsc_1039.jpg neighbor kids being put to work Big   ===   Original	dsc_1040.jpg one complete panel (of five) Big   ===   Original
dsc_1042.jpg all panels folded and ready to ship Big   ===   Original	hoist.gif Hoist for top-down construction. Big   ===   Original	hoist02.gif Big   ===   Original	hoist03.gif Big   ===   Original
hoist04.gif Unfortunately, it twists under load. Needed cross-braces. Big   ===   Original