I love the smell of Prometheum in the morning

At this stage, something had been concerning me for a while. Whenever I needed to work on it, I was required to pick it up and move it around; it is too big to stay out when not being worked on. I noticed that the walkways were the only real means of picking the piece up without permanently fastening the platform to the legs (something I don’t want to do to make it easier to store and transport in the future). Even with the platform removed from the top, the walkways do not feel like they are comfortable supporting the weight of the entire piece and this is the point that what was originally going to be a simple kit build turned into a major project.  I didn’t want to take the risk of it breaking in the future so I decided to build a base for it to reinforce it and make it easier to carry. He base consisted of a piece of hardboard cut into a 50cm x 50cm square onto which I built a frame using off cuts from an earlier joiner project. I then glued the feet to the corners of the frame, raising it up off the hardboard by an inch or so. Then I used expanding polystyrene foam and sprayed all around the frame to hide it, leaving a large hollow section in the middle. When this had dried it was then carved into shapes resembling rocks. The intention here is to create the impression that the rig sits over a drill site and at some point, the hollow section will be filled with a water effect and possibly a large drill platform will be built into the middle. I also added two wooden handles to the frame, prior to spraying the foam so that it is incredibly easy to lift and carry.