It's Too Darn Hot

...as Cole Porter would say, but nonetheless some of us are willing to keep working.  Don't ask why.

Of course, it helps to have fans.  Some of them are electrically powered, and others just give us occasional feedback that makes it all worthwhile.  But enough of that.

I started on the roof of the 453 by removing the next three saddles and the layers of canvas.  2/3 of the roof is now more or less bare.  My box fan made it tolerable.

Nobody was using 600V in the barn today, so I took this opportunity to remove the wire guards which I put over the 451 last year, but they were now over the Baldy, and I had permission to move them to the roof booth.

The power lift made it easy to remove them without leaving footprints on the roof.

This will make it safer to keep working on the roof when the 600V is on.

The next step was to remove the ceiling panel in the #2 vestibule.  Some of the screws had to be drilled out, and it took a while, but eventually I was able to get the heavy steel panel out of the way.  This gives us the needed access to the bottom of the roof at this end.    Here we see the power cable going up through the roof, and some of the piping for the horn.

From this angle, we see the equalizing reservoir and more of the cable to the bus jumper.

I tried removing screws in the panel at the #1 end, but they're much more difficult.  I may need some help.

A view of the 453 from the scaffold of the 65:

There are still a lot of tacks in the roof from various patches that were made over the years.  I spent some time removing them, but there's plenty more to do.

Anyway, I was not alone.  John Sheldon continues to make good progress on the 306.

Jon Fenlaciki is nearing completion on the roof of the 65.

And Rich Castagna and Norm Krentel continued working on the 28.  Here Rich is working on removing the first window on this side of the front compartment.

Norm helps out:

And finally, it's out of the way.  One down, 29 to go.