Friday 7 June 2019

Let there be Life!

After months of work and several weeks of hard, very hard, cutting and coldworking I am now at the stage of getting ready for setup.

4 x totem towers - check
4 x base blocks - check
4 x set of ironmongery - check
4 x LEDs system - check
1 x plinth base - check.

All accounted for and safely packed up ready for transportation.

Location - Room 95, Stirling Campus, Forth Valley College, Drip Road, Stirling.
Space in the room has been: 
  • Cleared - check
  • Cleaned - check
  • Walls plastered filled, prepped and sanded - check
  • Walls painted - check
  • Wooden plinth cleaned, polyfilled, prepped and sanded - check
  • Wooden plinth painted - check


Now we are ready to install.

Install electrics inside the plinth - check
Fit ironmongery and wooden bases to concrete plinth - check
Test lighting - check


Have a night off...…

After finalising the floor location of the plinth I started to build up each of the totem towers, starting with the lowest to avoid any difficulty in movement later.  Take pride in your work and be professional so clean and polish each layer before placing them on the totem; it is time consuming but worth the effort.  I had to make sure the totems were being orientated properly so that the left side totem always reads from left to right and that is consistent for each side.  Build each tower up one at a time and fit the metal top caps.... Oh, an issue.

The top caps have a hex head nut fitted to the underside.  National standards had confirmed the nut dimensions across the flats and corners as being okay to fit inside a tube of 26mm however I hadn't accounted for the tube rifling reducing the inside dimension below 26mm.  This meant that the nut could not rotate down onto the central rod.  Time to get out the angle grinder and take off the corners.  Never be stuck for a solution.  Be calm, take a moment to stand back, consider options, ask if necessary and get into action.  Keep calm and get creative.

A final tidy up, wash down, making power cables safe (never forget health and safety - carry out an assessment).  All ready for the exhibition.


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