This day was a long welding and grinding day devoted to the ladle and the counterweight that Mick is carving from Kilkenny grey limestone. Quite likely it will be the most beautiful component of the sculpture, along with the head pulley and counter ballast on the handle. I had the ladle mocked up in cardboard on Friday and today I was able to cut, prep, weld and finish it in metal. After "precisely" fitting the axle it is nearly ready for the tipping cable and refractory clay inside.
Mick and I strapped the stone to the lever arm to get an idea of its position and then he set out to modify the form to be more consistent with the sweeping curve of the arm. The weight will slide out from the fulcrum in order to help balance the arm when the ladle is full of molten iron. It slides back toward the fulcrum to balance it when empty.
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| Coring the counterweight |
Graffiti on the blog
There's a lot of good street art in Cork City and I am finding new images daly. My battery was running low tonight on another nice one so it will be on a future post. Check back for the random graffiti images on new posts.
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