Man, I've been slacking. Yup. Random work update

I'd you've been following my blog for a while, you'll recall my disgust with plugging galvanized tubes. Someone else must share my attitude because there is a new way to plug the tubes!

This it a slightly tapered aluminum plug:

 This is the whole hole it is supposed to plug:

To install, take an instrument of blunt force such as this:

And beat the snot out of it until it fits thusly:

 Grind flush, hit it with galvanize paint, lather, rinse, repeat another 50 times.

Not complicated at all, though I'm not gonna be happy about swinging the big grinder all day. Oh well. Work is work.