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29-APR-2007

Observatory Wall Straightening

When the 40x40 angle iron was spot welded to the 100x5 flat iron strip, the lengths were very straight. However, after the galvanising process they had developed a slight curve (no doubt due to the heat involved and the way that the lengths (5.5m) were suspended in the liquid zinc). I tried straightening the lengths out by bending them the opposite way but this had no effect. When affixed to the top plate of the wall the curve still remained, so I used an acrow prop to set the wall straight and then fixed the roof bracing to the control room, after which I was able to release the acrow prop with the track remaining straight. This was not a problem with the roll-off section as the tracks were fixed to 100x50 RHS galvanised steel which was strong enough to hold the track straight.

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