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Kinda warm out there in the sun. Why does all welding PPE have to be black or other dark color?

Had a couple of setbacks.

My mig welder wouldn't weld. It made clicking sounds and the welding wire came out but no power which was also evident by the voltmeter on the machine. Opened it up and rodents had been in there and chewed off some wires. Luckily there was a wiring schematic on the inside of the main cover. Got them all patched up.

I thought I had 5-6 cut off discs but I had one. Had to go to town and get more.

Between the two issues, I lost four hours.

Got two more top center arched pipes to notch, bend and weld to put the peak in them. The entire arch with peak is three 10' sections. Then it's a whole bunch of grinding of pipe ends to weld another 10" arch to each end of the center arch/peak and then add the legs.

(old drawing)

Dimensions are wrong on this. It will be 22 foot wide. Height will be a foot taller. Ignore the truss bracing too. The bottom horizontal will be lower so I can reach it to attach lengthwise lean and lower trellis pipes and overhead micro-sprinklers to. I did the drawing a few years ago and never revised it other than in my head. The truss bracing will be bolted, not welded on. Guess I'll need 8 of those 21' fence top rails for the horizontals and EMT conduit for the angle braces. Mo money. It will still be cheaper than buying a kit.(minus automation:)

I'm cooled off. "Break's over. Back to work."

I’m wore out from two 8 hour days in the 80+ sun and ready for my two 12 hour shifts tomorrow and Fri. NOT

Of course the weather forecast was wrong as usual so instead of mild wind, we had 30-35 mph gusts today, so dragging around a chunk of plywood to block the wind and still having to wait for a lull between gusts took a little time.

Got two more complete truss frames done on top of(literally) the one I’m using as a jig and all pipe is ready to weld. Welding one takes less than an hour so that will be easy to finish this weekend.

Low 60s and clear for the weekend which is warm enough for painting. It just won’t dry very fast being enamel.(unless I add a touch of lacquer thinner which also removes some glossiness which isn’t a bad thing)

Hopefully at least get at least one in the ground Monday.