Thanks Hermityo, my question was a joke too! We do try to be safe but it is a very different world here from Australia, U.S. and Europe. Trevor and I had a great laugh at one point during the documentary, they were videoing Macky, our engineer, and in the background they were getting the launch holder arm in position, they were using two chain blocks and one started lifting the platform they were standing on. So, while the engineer is being interviewed about the project you have two guys in the background start floating in space and grabbing onto the arm to keep from falling, they quickly reversed the one chain block to solve the problem but what a scene!
On the makeshift lathe, Trevor had the two stands made up and we had chain blocks from the roof trusses to lift both ends of the shaft. When the stands were in position we lowered the shaft so they would bear the weight, we also bolted the stands into the floor. For turning, a big crank handle was made and attached with pipe and tightening screws to one end of the shaft but for a lot of the shaping it was easier just to turn it by hand. Rough shaping was done by sawing the foam, more detailed shaping with a disc grinder using sandpaper discs, and also sandpaper on flexible rubber pads. Trevor had also brought a couple pieces of diamond grid finishing paper from Australia for the final smoothing.