Lidia has arrived at SPM. Winds were too high this morning for any crane work, so we went ahead and fixed a problem we noticed yesterday with the lift table at Site #2, namely that the table wouldn't clear the fork when raised high enough to get the primary mirror cell onto the center section. So we cut off the two corners of the table nearest the telescope, and the problem is now solved.
We need to make the same modification to the other two lift tables, but by the time we finished at Site #2, the winds had started to pick up enough that we decided to bug out for the day and head back to the dormitory. Winds are forecast to die down overnight, but we are expecting lots of rain tomorrow.
Here are some photos of the work on the lift table today.
Ian cutting off one of the corners of the lift table.
Table now clears the inside of the fork.
Justus grinding down the rough edges.