So, it begins

Ok, I decided Sunday was the day to get started. I had some test poles done and was ready for the real thing. Everything I read was it took about 8 hours to fabricate. well, I think that is a fabrication in and of itself.
I spent 7 hours cutting tubes. I needed 30 A, 55 B, and 80 C poles. I had 160 1/2 inch X 10 foot Conduit. I now have 1 2/3 conduit and all the poles I needed. I used a pipe cutter. It made very good and precise cuts for me. It was slow and today I am pretty sore, but it is all done.
Now, if you take off my 45 minute lunch break and maybe another hour for other breaks, (pea, rest, phone, check email and the like) you end up with just over 5 hours. That only leaves 3 hours to flatten and drill holes and bend. Not gonna happen, but I will keep track of it as it happens.
I am also taking lots of pictures, which will go up as soon as I get a web page set up for it.
All in all, I am very happy at this point of the project.

Mike