Dick's Creek Workshop Gallery-September 14, 2013

Dicks Creek sign	Dicks Creek from the road	Much work
Years of neglect	What do they mark?	Big job ahead
Even more work	Tripod needed	View toward front
Lots to be done	Panorama-Dicks Creek Cemetery	North end of Dicks Creek Cemetery
View looking southeast	Dicks Creek poster	Mikayla greets attendees
Walt begins	Walt elaborates	Repairing a leaner
Careful not to mar the stone	A sliver of stone broke off	Reassembling the stone before re-setting
Leaner reset	Probing for lost markers	Found, a footstone for C E Oliver
Another probing discovery	Probing finds a slotbase	Footstone for E S Oliver
Panorama-workshop lecture	Walt describes the basics	Group learns resetting
Resetting	Proper strapping and lifting	Reset and mortared
Ready for cleaning	Re-stacking a monument	Trimming the putty between stack pieces
This stack had an iron pin Rpleace it with a nylon one, if needed	Finishing up a stack	Top of the monument is lost
Tablet repair	Ready to epoxy top on	Frame for building a slotbase
Finding a broken stub	Reassembling a tall tablet marker	Walt explains the complexities
We do not recommend D/2, a chemical herbicide	A little hands-on at the end of the day	Scraping off lichens and moss
Nyalox brushes speed cleaning	Straightening markers improve a cemtery's general appearance	Discovering the slotbase
Reassembling the tall marker	Epoxy and clamp	Day is done

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