Making the composting barrels

So production on the metal composting barrels has been delayed for various reasons (this is not a built in part of anyone's curriculum so it's done with precious spare time) Our materials were delayed by several months due to some red tape issues, so we are just about to finish up the barrels and hopefully get them set up within the next week. Here are some pictures of the progress of the two barrels and the posts that will hold them. All of this work has done by two very talented and motivated young men in the Welding/Ag Metals program here at CTC, Mitchell Bishop and Jared Harshman. For starters they had to cut an access door in the barrels, it's tough to make precise cuts because the barrels are round. Then they had to weld on hinges and metal flaps to make the door close properly. They fabricated and welded a spinning crank on the end of each barrel so it will turn properly once mounted on the posts. The posts were fabricated and painted before putting them in the ground. The barrels were also primed and painted before the final structure is assembled.