[IMC-Tech] Construction

[Mike Lehman]

Bob and Dan,
Yeah, that card table has got to go, before everything on it goes on the 
floor, if it hasn't already done so once or twice.

I've been wondering where the table tops and bracing from the old Main 
St. production room went. Maybe Chris knows where they are?

Chris,
They're covered in veneer (and stains on the veneer, of course) and are 
around 12 feet long (about 30" wide?), in two sections. There's some ~2" 
holes drilled along one side of 'em where we fished cables through. The 
bracing is less important, but had some big lag bolt type screws 
sticking out, IIRC. Mainly, we need some 2x4 bracing to work with 
whatever we come up with for a table top. Is there anything we can 
scrounge in the shop downstairs?

....
If we can't come up with any of that, then we're talking about buying 
some wood, if there's nothing else suitable at the IMC. It needs to be 
something some, so high quality plywood may work. Another idea is to use 
doors. Two doors, supported at each end and in the middle by two-drawer 
file cabinet (for a total of three files cabinets) could handle the east 
side of the room. I'd rather use file  cabinets on just the ends and do 
something else so that we get three large workstations on that side of 
the room.

Once we get that up, then we can figure out how to best fix the west 
side, because that portable table needs to be replaced with something 
permanent that we can build a shelf on the back side at the south end to 
put the EAS printer on. A door could work well here, too.

I can give an afternoon on either Thursday or Friday, but I've got to 
keep working on last semester's research project to get it done. The 
weekend is taken up with other things. I'm not sure about next week, was 
hoping to get away for a few days, but maybe not. I also have to be 
available for whenever the postmaster gets the postal inspectors to stop 
by with their key for the dock gallery and to maybe move some mailboxes.

Bob Illyes wrote:
> Also, I should have asked, do you have immediate plans for doing
> construction on the new tables? Among other things, I need to move
> the Print equipment out of the way, and as you may know
> I've offered to help with the construction. We also need Dan to
> move the whatever-it-is that's set up on a card table, if it's his.
>
> Dan- Mike and I left this pretty much where it was, because we
> didn't want to mess with something we hadn't wired up. Also, is Rosa
> dead? We left her where she was, but she needs to be moved or
> junked (whichever makes sense) as well. Mike and I did what we
> could last Wednesday, but we need some input from you.
>
> Bob