Assembly Process

 

A problem that became immediately apparent in the assembly process was that the tubing had a seam 2/3 down the inner diameter. This made it impossible to use the 3.5x3.5 tubing as a collar. The solution to the problem was to purchase steel grade grinding stones and grind out the seam. A test 3x3 piece was used in order to make sure the seam was grinded down enough. This however didn't prove to be a good test because certain pieces were still getting hung up during assembly. The solution was to take the collars back into the shop and grind them out until the seam was completely gone. The collars were then tested on the actual main support to make sure of a proper fitting.