After upgrading our molds, we mixed up our proven best concrete mix and went at it again.
Here's the female mold, black with the membrane, some steel mesh (magically) suspended on the sides, plywood rib cage, and 4 alignment poles.
Here's the wrap of the male mold looking quite nice, notice the folds strictly at the end.
Here's an example of the alignment pole, the pole itself for X & Y control, the wood block there for Z control.
Here's the steel mesh we used as our primary reinforcement. Last year's epic cracking led to our creative ways of smuggling reinforcement.
Here's Mo alongside all our buckets set up for half cubic foot mixes.
The male mold eagerly waits alongside the old champs,
Pat working the drill while Chris steadies the bucket and Marie adds our cementitious material blend.
Coming along nicely.
Myself working the drill with Alisha adding silica fume, Mo handling the water, and Megan learning the way.
I used to have nice boots.
In go some fibers...
After we made enough, we poured em all in and spread it out.
In comes the male mold...
Onto the poles...
Adding the weight to the push in the male,
The steel plates are around 80lbs, the buckets 40-70lbs.
The front tip,
The back tip,
Pour complete!
We'll be taking out the male plug Saturday at Noon. It will surely be an exciting afternoon.
Greg
