First pour

Well this is the initial setup, my neighbor ended up buying a new concrete mixer since his old one broke, so that's what I'm using.  My dad was helping with the pouring and my neighbor was there to give me advice.  Little did I know that this would be one of the last times I would see him since he had covid...

I didn't take any pictures during the pour since I didn't want to deal with my phone.  I soaked the inside of all the forms in diesel as a mold release since I had it laying around, and as I was mixing I put in a bunch of anti-crack fiber into the mix since my engineer friend said I should use it.  I also added some bracing to the pyramid part since my neighbor said he could see it blowing out as we were pouring which would be a bad time.  We also vibrated it periodically to make sure it filled in the cracks.

I didn't want to leave the forms on for a long time, so my friend said to wait a few days and then spray on some cure sealer.  The diesel worked pretty well as a mold release which was nice.  I think it came out pretty good, even if it isn't totally straight up and down since I messed up a bit on form assembly.