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Above: Virgil White, right, white tee shirt, gives an impromptu brief instruction course
"How to Start our Boulder Dam Model Euclid" to (left to right) John Alling -- red cap, Robert Richardson -- no cap and Jake Williams.
Below left: Virgil White on the left, Robert Richardson. That is one of our 1909 Case 20 wheels hanging on our Euclid hook.
It was primer painted Saturday morning. Now it is time to lay it down on a pallet and pick up and paint the other one.
Visible on Virgils trailer behind our Euclid.
Above: Backing up our Euclid. Below left: Strategy Session. Left to right Robert Richardson, Jake Williams and Virgil White facing
camera. John Alling back to camera. The plan was to set it down on the ground then lean it back onto a pallet.
Above left: Soon as the wheel was set down on the ground it pivoted and leaned toward the heavy side. The side with the drive gear.
Barely visible at the right in this picture. The woman watching on the left is Sharon -- Mrs Virgil White. Above right:
So Virgil pulled our Euclid forward, then got on 'Ole Gray', one of our eldest fork lifts, and took the weight of the wheel
with the fork tips. Below: Wearing all dark clothes, Jake Williams is hard to see. Young and agile Jake quickly climbed up
and is standing on the forks, hooking up the chains and spreader bar from our Euclid to the wheel.
Above left: John Alling, red cap, directs Virgil White on our Euclid, while Jake Williams backs Ole Gray away.
In his work life John Alling is a Heavy Equipment Operator. Boeing 757's. Above right: Positioned where they want it,
Virgil and Jake stack up some wood timbers. The plan is the gear will sit down on the timbers while the wheel is just shy
of the ground, and tip over backwards. Below left and right: As it was, the wheel still needed a nudge from Jake Williams
and John Alling to get it tipping.
Above: And let carefully down to rest on the pallet. Below left: That is the other just sandblasted wheel on Virgils trailer.
Several years ago, when we began to restore our 1909 Case 20, Virgil told Steamteam Boss Dean Alling, that when the time came,
Virgil would pay for and donate towing the wheels to be sand blasted and bring them back. Virgil took the wheels to Hambro Industries,
718 Arroyo St, San Fernando, CA 91340. Where Virgil was surprised it cost him $700 for the sand blasting. But Virgil has used these
folks before since they are SO careful of the 100 year old stuff Virgil drags in to be sand blasted. Below right: John Alling went
and moved his pickup truck, and returned with a bottle of water. I spoke to the young family -- Mom and Pop and 3 kids facing camera
-- first time visitors and asked them where they were from. Oceanside, CA. The City between our Museum and the Pacific Ocean.
I told them I was hoping they would say New Zealand, or someplace like that.
Above left: John Alling operates Ole Gray, lifting the wheel from Virgils trailer. Above right: Transfer the wheel from Ole
Gray to our Euclid hook. Below: Robert Richardson prime paints the second wheel.
Saturday August 26 above left: John Alling -- yellow shirt -- finish paints the second wheel of the day.
Scott Higgins, left, and Mac McKenzie watch. Above right: Scott Higgins points out a holiday.
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