Installing the new posts.
Making the new posts was quite easy by ripping them from my stash of hardwood and then laminating them together. As they were too long to rip in the workshop on the TS I resurrected my old Triton MK3 and did them outside. I am glad that I kept the Triton for otherwise it would have been a difficult job.
To ensure that the new posts would go exactly the right distance from the edge of the BBQ I clamped some timber as spacers and support to the existing posts to hold the new posts while fixing them. Photos 1 and 2 show the details.
Then using an offcut from making the posts I marked out the top location and bottom as per photo no 3.
Photo 4 shows a post cut to size and the post stirrup affixed ready to put in place.
Photos 8 and 9 show the posts bolted to the top beam, clamped to the timber supports and ready for concreting into the base pads.
They are now concreted in and when the concrete has cured I can remove the old posts and start the fun part of finishing the projects.
Peter.
