Day Two

Construction Begins

It really helps having a neighborhood full of engineers and architects on a project like this. And thanks to Uncle Ed for loaning me his power tools. Many, many thanks to Dan, Dave and Matt for lending their considerable expertise, not to mention their Saturday and much of Sunday, to the project.

It also helps that another friend, Steve, who works for a construction company, offered to make all the curved support cuts on a lathe at his shop on Friday. That got us off to an excellent start, knowing the supports were perfectly matched to each other. Thanks Steve!

 

Matt and I took turns cutting the 2x4's...

...while Dave and Dan prepped the support pieces.
Here you see Dave using the template from Rick's
plans to mark the cut-outs for the coping.

Assembling the ramp structures. Teamwork helps!

A close-up of a finished ramp structure shows the cut-out.

Two ramps, finished and ready for painting.