If that applies to you, you're in good company. But actually, I was thinking of something else. Today I managed to finish removing all of the roof boards, saddles, canvas, and other impedimenta from the roof of the 453. We now have another Baldy on the roster, temporarily of course. The center part of the roof is now ready for painting.
At the other end, we still have one cable sticking out, and I left one grab iron in place so I can still get on the roof if necessary. It can be easily and quickly removed. We should be able to paint the roof from the platform, using long-handled rollers. It took a while, but it's nice to have one phase of the project finished.
Of course, we now need to repair or replace the tack molding, and patch up the holes in the ends of the roof, as seen here previously.
Jon Fenlaciki is nearing completion of his roof. Here he is painting the ventilators.
I also spent some more time trying to remove the ceiling panel in the #1 vestibule. Gerry Dettloff and John Sheldon helped, but we didn't make much progress. Rather frustrating.
I cleaned up around the platform, and went over parts of the roof, mostly the ends, putting shiny new nails into the boards where needed, and so on.
I took some more measurements for filling in the holes in the ends of the roof with new wood.
And speaking of those holes, as I was walking around on the platform, it struck me that if we weren't careful, we could easily trolleyville the 757:
But I'm pretty sure that won't happen here!
3 comments:
From you photos, it appears that the conduit from the switch below the panel is responsible for you not being able to remove the panel.
That's correct, Kirk. We've been trying to loosen or remove the pull switch box, so far without success. The screw that appears to hold it in place is frozen and may have to be ground out. I think I'll go look at the 451 next time to see if there's anything obvious we're missing. At some point we may have to cut up the plate, which is just a large piece of sheet metal and can easily be replaced.
It's hard to imagine exactly how the builders managed to assemble the switch and its wiring with the panel in place. I suspect that they must have put all of the vestibule equipment together before installing the roof, as implausible as that sounds. It certainly isn't designed for ease of maintenance.
Maybe install the conduit and wire first. Cut a round hole in the ceiling plate, but one that doesn't reach the edge of the plate. Install the ceiling plate with the conduit and wires coming through the hole. Lastly attach the switch? Is there any way to remove the front of the switch like taking off a wall outlet cover plate to access the conduit attachment inside?
C Kronenwetter
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