More Patching

Under current conditions, the number of people allowed to work in the shop at any one time is limited.  On Thursday it was just me and Tim, with Bill Wulfert showing up later.  Tim was mostly working on the structural lumber for the new ticket office in the 50th Avenue station, his current project.

I was working on the roof of the 453 again, with some parts that I had made at home with my router.  The replacement parts had to be made in two layers in order to fit into the already-existing roof.

The first one fit well, and just needed some holes drilled so it could be bolted into place.

Of course, it requires special tools and talent to drill these hexagonal holes.

Up in the attic, it looks like this.  One nice feature is all the rusty old nails sticking out of the wood, like a medieval torture device.  One of the new bolts is seen at lower right.

Then there was some more routing to be done, using the Museum's vast supply of tools.

Both sections of the first layer are bolted into place, and the second layer was carefully fit behind the curved roof boards.

The upper layer will be epoxied into place, but first it will be necessary to make another part or two, so that will happen later.

Taking a break, we can admire the newly-varnished door that Pete has prepared for the 160.

And Bill was repainting controllers in the 1754, among other things.

We're getting closer to have the rotted-out corner patched.

Finally, some epoxy to fill the gaps and cover up the bolts on the lower layer:

And on the way out, we see Dave Diamond installing the railing in front of the MPB.

Here he is cutting the pipes to correct length.  This will be an important safety feature.  The step in the sidewalk is necessary because the street slopes down to the east, while the building itself is level, of course.