Last week, David spoke with the hot dip galvanizing people, and they informed us that they think the frame as we have it designed currently, will warp once it is dipped. To avoid this, we are looking at a small design change that uses pre-galvanized pieces and using as many bolted connections as possible. This will remove the need to hot dip galvanize anything and remove any possibilities of warping. Buying pre-galvanized pieces is also less expensive than hot dip galvanizing the big trellis frames. This design change will significantly reduce the amount of welding we need to do also.
On Friday, as a second mock up, the girls were working on the new corner condition of the trellis frames. Instead of cutting two angle pieces at 45° and welding them together, the new design is to take one angle, cut a triangle out of one leg, and then bend the pieces together to form a 90° angle. 
This means we only need to weld one seam, and an L plate can be put behind it with bolted connections that go through the assembly. Since the angles are already galvanized, when we go to weld the seam we will need to grind the finish off before we weld. After the welding is done we can go over them with galvanizing paint which will eliminate any rust concerns. After, making this mock up, we determined that we will need to score the inside of the angle to get a nice sharp corner piece. Without the score, the corner was rounded. Overall, a successful mock up that we can learn from when we go to make the real thing.
Looking forward to this week, we will be back on site flagging our new updated site plan based on our observations from last time, and possibly even breaking ground later in the week!