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Tom puts new windows in the steel building addition.

Curing Concrete
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Water is important to concrete.  This article will explain why it is necessary to spray down your concrete after it has been laid.
Concrete hardens through the hydration process.  It takes a lot longer than one thinks for concrete to full harden and dry.  A chemical reaction is at the root of a good concrete [...]

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Water is important to concrete.  This article will explain why it is necessary to spray down your concrete after it has been laid.
Concrete hardens through the hydration process.  It takes a lot longer than one thinks for concrete to full harden and dry.  A chemical reaction is at the root of a good concrete surface.  [...]

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Tony from Midwest Recreational Clearinghouse in Minnesota emailed these photos of a truss screed he acquired.   Tony runs the website crankyape.com that specializes in auctioning off repossessed items.  He knew they were some sort of concrete screed, but was unsure as to how it worked.
This truss screed unit is obviously in used condition.  The long [...]

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A plate compactor compacts subbase for concrete.  It is important to have the base under your concrete flatwork prepared for a successful pour.  The first step is to level your ground to the desired grade.Â

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It’s easy to mix your own concrete when you have a small job to pour.  You will need to have a small concrete mixer.  I you don’t own one, check your local small equipment rental outlet.

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A pot rack is a great project to build with a ring roller.  This pot rack has the added bonus of a spinning feature.�

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Today Tom was busy working on a welding job at the University of Wyoming.  UW has experienced an explosion of construction growth in the past year.  Much of the building has to do with the state surplus that Wyoming enjoys from it’s mineral money.  The legislature has seen fit to allow for many upgrades and [...]

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Interesting jobs are always coming into the shop.  Summertime is a busy time around here as local ranchers and land owners are geared up to do those outside projects before the snow falls again.Â
A project that came in this week entails building brackets for a rough on timber footbridge.  The brackets are custom built for a local [...]

The twenty four foot portable toilet trailer that Tom is building for Honeywagon Sanitation has one last step.   Creating a good system for attaching the portable toilets insures the security, safety and ease when mounting the portable toilets for travel.  It also secures the investment a sanitation company has made in purchasing portable toilets.Â
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