2008/2009

Didn't take many pictures those two years. Got a new heating system, bought a sheet metal brake and learned copper smithing to rebuild the yankee gutter on my porch roof.

I rigged up a crude lathe to help sanding the columns, hooked up an old air compressor motor to some pulleys and pillow block bearings. Had a steel fabricator weld up the rod and plate assembly.

The porch roof was a real mess.  Originally it was painted steel panels which rusted of course.  Then came layers of roll roofing and tar.  I bought a sheet metal brake and threw myself against the wall over and over again learng the bends.