We spent FREE? days, nights, weekends... removing a 20 bridge crane from a business on Capital hill. Our first job was cutting out concrete and removing it around the columns supporting the crane. Since the crane (originally built by a Portland Company) was designed for a stone sculptor it was begging us (Ken) to liberate it and bring it here so it can once again function to it's fullest. At Girlie Press it was used to change light bulbs. We'll call the crane 'Girlie' when re-installed. Re-use of this crane is very exciting for us, since it both saves us money compared to purchasing and also doesn't require new items to be manufactured and transported. Cutting out the concrete was much less exciting because it is hard work. We used a concrete cutting chain saw that studio-mate Karl Hufbauer owns. One or more shop vacs kept the water under control. We couldn't let the water go downhill into the power trench. Each column is going to get a name of the person who helped us liberate it from the concrete. Adele had an ongoing dream last night that while whe was vacuuming up the water from my concrete cutting she needed to dye the color of the water to match some woman's hair. I was dead tired and slept like a rock. Verena helped two days.
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