Today was not my day, really...
I took my wife to Kamakura in the mornng,
and while driving home I was already wondering
what I might do for today!
It was also too warm, for anything, at all...
Being clad in my usual white unwooven thing, I
, remembering what I talked about yesterday,
picked up myself and did a bit of work, the result of
which is shown bellow.
These are my "SOMEN" catchers, at least, that was the
idea... You may be able to recognise some indentations,
or, cuts made into the tips.
I used my milling machine and an endmill for these.
And, I did not like them, at all! The fundamental reason is
this.
Initially, the crosssection to be worked on is a square.
In order to make cuts (or shallow trenches) you have to
turn the piece through 90 degrees, each time you want
make a new cut. How ridiculous!
My inner voice was whispering to me that I must turn them.
Very reluctantly, I started the process, first of all,
disengaging my Talon's gripps. The following photo is it.
Can you see that one of the gripps has ben removed, see in the
direction of about 9 o'clock. These gripps need two screws
each. What follows is showing you the disassembled pieces.
All this takes time, that is why I was reluctant in the first
place! Anyway, an eventual setup is seen bellow, before
turning the piece on the lathe.
OK, so I started turning the piece, and what I got after a
few minutes is shown in the following!
Dios mio! Padre mio!
The tip of the piece snapped! The broken piece is set against
the remaining piece at more or less the right angle to it.
Something in me also snapped at this very moment! I was heavily
sweating, also. So, I went out for cycling for breeze.
I certainly was doing a tricky operation, working on such
a thin section of the piece...
Where do I go from here? Pick myself up, OK, but for what?!
I would be rather happier if somebody told, or, asked
me to do somemthing well conceived.
I hate ravens but I am OK with kites!
I took my wife to Kamakura in the mornng,
and while driving home I was already wondering
what I might do for today!
It was also too warm, for anything, at all...
Being clad in my usual white unwooven thing, I
, remembering what I talked about yesterday,
picked up myself and did a bit of work, the result of
which is shown bellow.
These are my "SOMEN" catchers, at least, that was the
idea... You may be able to recognise some indentations,
or, cuts made into the tips.
I used my milling machine and an endmill for these.
And, I did not like them, at all! The fundamental reason is
this.
Initially, the crosssection to be worked on is a square.
In order to make cuts (or shallow trenches) you have to
turn the piece through 90 degrees, each time you want
make a new cut. How ridiculous!
My inner voice was whispering to me that I must turn them.
Very reluctantly, I started the process, first of all,
disengaging my Talon's gripps. The following photo is it.
Can you see that one of the gripps has ben removed, see in the
direction of about 9 o'clock. These gripps need two screws
each. What follows is showing you the disassembled pieces.
All this takes time, that is why I was reluctant in the first
place! Anyway, an eventual setup is seen bellow, before
turning the piece on the lathe.
OK, so I started turning the piece, and what I got after a
few minutes is shown in the following!
Dios mio! Padre mio!
The tip of the piece snapped! The broken piece is set against
the remaining piece at more or less the right angle to it.
Something in me also snapped at this very moment! I was heavily
sweating, also. So, I went out for cycling for breeze.
I certainly was doing a tricky operation, working on such
a thin section of the piece...
Where do I go from here? Pick myself up, OK, but for what?!
I would be rather happier if somebody told, or, asked
me to do somemthing well conceived.
I hate ravens but I am OK with kites!
