Boiler Removal

Ah what a beautiful building it is...until you get under it's skin:) For those of us who are handy and like projects the building represents a near endless list to work on. I have been really encouraged at the involvement of the church members and friends of members who have put in time to work on the church. I wanted to highlight one particular project which I took on... the boiler. If you have never been down into the bowels of the church you already missed out on seeing the gargantuan ancient monstrosity of steel which was a remnant of the old industrial revolution. Being an ME I am interested in cool gadgets and ancient metal relics. Cutting up the boiler was fun experience in both. Having never used a Oxy-acetelyn torch or my new friend the plasma cutter I found myself looking forward to each up coming work party. Below are a couple pictures:

before:

The big crew to move the tons of steel out

Me ontop the pile of steel

Much thanks to all those who wielded a torch: Ben Simpson, Vong, Scott W, Rikki K, Jakie, Peter, Richard, Chris C.