At the machine shop we had rebuilt a diesel for a customers
tracktor/loader. When they installed it, it wouldn't start and filled
the cylinders with coolant. So, we went there to see what was up with it.
This piece of equipment is used on the grounds of an art school. But, it
isn't your typical art school. They teach metal sculpting and stone carving.
Their website really doesn't do the place justice.
http://www.andresinstitute.org/They probably have one of the most awesome fabrication shops that I've ever seen.
All sorts of welding equipment galore. Their driveway has to be about a mile or so.
Its full of twists and turns going up the side of a mountain with all sorts of stuff along the way. They had a couple of soldier silouettes along the roadside made from
plate steel. Next to the tracktor we were looking at, they had this 5' by 12' plate
of steel welded to some channel with all sorts of stuff cut into it. At first, I thought
that they were making weathervanes, but it was actually the gate that they're
planning on installing at the end of their driveway. Way cool !
