July 20th

Today the mounting surfaces of the support beams as well as any other badly oxidized spots that require more attention will sanded. When the cleaning of these pieces are complete assembly will begin. This step will require multiple people. At least one person will have to hold the piece while another bolts it to the big aluminum frame. We started by loosely attaching the support beams to either side of the big aluminum frame that holds the mirror. Then we got a bunch of extra hands to help slide the two big pieces together and to tilt one side up so the two pieces could be bolted together via the support beams that we had just attached. We do not have enough of the right bolts to attach the two big pieces directly together, so we will have to wait until more are ordered so that we can finish the task. We also have to order replacements for the metal steel rollers sometime in the near future.