[anthony2302749]

So, after a trip to the market for some lovely crepes, then Bunnings, I got started with laminating the first layer of the dome support ring. This meant I had to unstack yesterday's work, raises the bottom ring up on to 25 blocks of 90x45x100mm timber so I could clap the work. Also raised the tangent arm.

I happen to have a stapple gun, hence the compressor in the picture. I realigned the plywood arcs, glued, then clamped and then tacked with two staples. This was done on all seven joins.

Next stage was to glue and laminate the second ring into place. By the way, always good to number your pieces to help with assemble. Glue was applied to each surface which will be in contact with each other. Plywood arcs were then placed into position, overlapping the joins on the bottom ring, clamped and screwed into place. Repeat 7 times.

While the decking is reasonably level, I still went around the dome base ring with a spirit level and made small adjustment to ensure it is sitting level as possible.

Depending how I pullup after work this week I may do the last lay before next weekend.

Cheers