Tuesday, July 22, 2008

DRAW WORKS, BLOCK, DERRICK, STRUCTURE.







THESE ARE THE LATEST PHOTOS THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN PAINTED BUT STILL WORKING ON IT. THE BLOCK IT HAS AN ELEVATOR BUT I AM FIXING TO REDO IT, CAUSE I DIDNT LIKE THE ONE I HAVE NOW. DRAW WORKS HAVE BEEN PAINTED. THE DERRICK HAS BEEN PAINTED. THATS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.



Wednesday, July 9, 2008




















I am almost finished, i have to add a little bit to it. Sometime tomorrow or Saturday I got the whole derrik painted and I will be able to put it in.
The top photo is a picture of the whole derrik. Second photo you can see how tall it is. I haven't measured it yet. I am 5ft 6in and it is a little taller than I am. I have started painting the crown, its going to be yellow. This coming week I will put the derrik up again and you will see it's almost fully painted. Third photo...it the block that I made by hand. Its made out of wood. The photos that I will add later, will show that will also be painted. Fourth photo...Here I am standing next to the derrik. As you can see, it is taller than I am. You can probably say it is about six feet high. Fifth photo...as you can see the symbol of Cinco drilling company I like the shape and the color. This was a drilling rig symbol that used to be in operation back in probably the 70's & 80's. The guy who used to be my step father, used to work for Cinco. My father in law also worked for Cinco when he owned his own business. He was a waelder. I drew the symbol up on wood and painted it onto the wood. If anyone who sees this knows someone who has a picture or has a picture of a Cinco drilling company, I would like to know so I can see photos or maybe aquire some in the nearest future. I have been looking for some for my collection. Last picture is another picture of the block I made. I apprectiate you looking at my website. Like I said, I have seen old timey rigs built of wood but nothing like the way I am making this one. Also, it is not as easy as it looks. Also, if you know where I can get some small tiny lights I would like to put some on my derrik, but find it hard to find some. Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Derrick



I am still working on the derrick. I am half way done. I also added the legs for the derrick.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008


This is the drilling rig I am working on right now. This is the structure. The second one is where I am building a derrick with it. I am making it out of wood. As far as I know, I have not seen one made out wood. Just like the one I am building right now. The ones I have seen so far are made out of old timey rigs made in about the 1950's or so.

Oil Rig On Property next door.


This is a picture I took from the roof top of my house of the oil rig on the adjoining property. My father in law used to own the land but sold it in the 90's.
I took this picture in March 2008.