un-rapping all the pieces. it was kind of a pain to wrap all these pieces up, but I'm
glad I took the time to do this and keep the paint from getting scratched up during
transport to PDI.

let me tell you, when it comes time to needing a little help, who you going to call?
none other then the always on call 24-7, kick it in gear, lets rock PDI Render Wranglers!
they were there when I needed the hand-- a big thank you to Bryan for helping me out
on that late evening, especially getting the frame up in place after it was assembled.

"come on now! get that next piece lined up! let's go!"

of course labor laws do require work breaks... (as for me, I was really tired by this
point after painting that afternoon at the ranch, then driving back to Mountain View,
and then driving to PDI at 10:30 at night to put the frame up.)

it's starting to come together. nuts and bolts are only hand tightened at this point.

all the bottom layer of pieces have now been put in place.

next the whole frame was flipped over so the corner column supports could be attached.

2 of the 3 column supports attached here.

then the whole frame was flipped back over again and all the bolts were tightened.

time for a final stress test.
test load = 1 medium weight PDI lighting animator.
no failures in the structure!

then Bryan and I put it in place (and I re-tightened the bolts at the corners-- they
had to be loosened a bit to provide some wiggle to get the frame in place.)

a final check that all the corner bolts are tight.

I am very pleased with the way the way these corner supports turned out.
a clean and simple design, and quite strong.

see? the welds don't look to shabby after some grinding and a little paint.

see that over head hanging light fixture?

I ended up with about one inch of clearance. whew.

and just enough clearance for me too.

I think it turned out great!