{"id":1311,"date":"2009-10-30T07:34:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2009-10-27T07:34:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T15:34:54","slug":"welding-a-la-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2009\/10\/30\/welding-a-la-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding \u00e0 la Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Pumpkin pyramid reborn for 2009<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Pickaway-Ross students make improvements<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">By CRAIG ALLISON<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">STAFF WRITER<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Published: Monday, October 5, 2009 2:17 PM EDT<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">The famed pumpkin pyramid, always located in the heart of the Pumpkin Show, has received a rework in time for the 103rd show. The job was a joint effort by the Pumpkin Show Inc. and a group of welding technology students at Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Under the direction of Tommy Collier, welding instructor at Pickaway Ross, students made a design, mounted the pyramid onto a wheeled trailer, fastened a towing hitch, \u00a0installed stabilizer jacks, and welded all the parts together for strength and durability.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">Brandon Hart was the lead student on the team and was assisted by Burman Detty. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dakota Waggoner and Cody Hettinger assisted in the early stages of the project.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">6,000 pounds of pumpkins was figured as the weight the tower needed to support.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">\u201cThis is fantastic,\u201d said Hugh Dresbach of Pumpkin Show Inc.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">\u201cIt used to take six men about six hours to put this together,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was all just a bunch of nuts and bolts.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Get in the mood for Halloween with some&#8230; welding? \u00a0There&#8217;s no better way for the students at Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pumpkin pyramid reborn for 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pickaway-Ross students make improvements<\/p>\n<p>By CRAIG ALLISON &#8211;\u00a0STAFF WRITER<\/p>\n<p>Published: Monday, October 5, 2009 2:17 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>The famed pumpkin pyramid, always located in the heart of the Pumpkin Show, has received a rework in time for the 103rd show. The job was a joint effort by the Pumpkin Show Inc. and a group of welding technology students at Pickaway Ross Career and Technology Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1312\" title=\"pumpkin\" src=\"\/blog\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/pumpkin-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkin\" width=\"211\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/pumpkin-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/wp-content\/uploads\/pumpkin.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>Under the direction of Tommy Collier, welding instructor at Pickaway Ross, students made a design, mounted the pyramid onto a wheeled trailer, fastened a towing hitch, \u00a0installed stabilizer jacks, and welded all the parts together for strength and durability.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Hart was the lead student on the team and was assisted by Burman Detty. 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