Big Trailers to Intricate Gates

With a rainy start to the week, us bloggers enjoyed staying inside and out of the cold. While the guys in the shop have to throw on the jackets and get things done, at least all the big projects we had going last week are completed and delivered. Sean did have to attach some steel bolts to a trailer but he used the fork lift to bring it into the shop. This trailer is used to attach fifth wheels and before the bolts were welded to it they just used, what looked like massive staples, to latch the female ends to a steel mesh covering. It is hard to explain but my point was that it was very unstable before. Sean powered through it in one day so he could go out and do some portable welding yesterday and today. Jose usually goes with him out on portable welding gigs but Sean must have been showing some extra initiative lately cause Jose has been staying in the shop working on a detailed steel rack. Juan has been fabricating a gate from scratch, putting all the separate pieces together one by one. You would think from an outsiders prospective that our large projects such as those stairs from last week, or those four massive ADA handrails, would take the most production time. That is rarely the case. The small projects are more difficult to work with and take up more time on the drawing table as well. Plus, the less surface area there is to look over the more we notice little errors. What can you say, doing things the right way takes time. Cutting corners only pushes problems and responsibility down the line and that isn't the way we do things around the Morena Welding Inc. shop. It just makes everything better when things get done right the first time.