Wednesday 22nd - Cold in the Barn

 It was cold in the barn and everywhere else today. Despite this the upholstery team were much in action.

Laura is just finishing recovering the seats from 16195, before they were taken with Eve and Chris to refit in the carriage, as well as a few winter maintenance jobs.

Chris starting to recover the latest set for the Dean Forest Railway.

Eve is placing the completed covers on the window sill, a good days work.

Simon is doing winter maintenance repairs, a table mounting?

It was all hands for those brave enough in the cold .... Bob with hammer ....

.... with what looks like a step repair.

Ben and Trevor attending to a door lock.

Back in the warm, you will always find Dave with a paint brush, here top coating the replacement ceiling panel. Another Shutdown job.

4798 needed a number of window fixing holes welding up, Rex is grinding the welds flat.

Bryan is working on the opposite side, fettling the wood retaining strips.

With not much vehicular work, a few of us have been making alterations in the heavy bench area. The welding screens have been raised and made so they can be drawn open or closed, after complaints of them getting in  the way of the fly press ..... we have now alleviated this problem, with just a few bits left to finish. Steve is here cutting a support section.

Along the improved space behind the benches we will be constructing a rack to house 6 metre lengths of steel stock, angle, strip and box section. Keeping it here will make things so much easier for lifting it onto the power saw. 

After sliding the curtain rings onto the overhead section it was all hands to lift it into position for welding. This now provides a much safer environment for bench welding.