Now I remember what the pasta tong looked liked...
As I mentioned yesterday, what was wrong with its design
was that the actual holding, or clinging teeth were
so thin, probably less than 1 mm in thickness,
and with very sharp edges to them. The teeth length
was perhaps OK, but then the sharp edges...
With this illustration, B is showing you the front end
image, and to the right of it, the tooth profile,
a side view of (one of) them.
What happened yesterday was that my wife was trying
to pick up some pasta for my dish, and the pasta
refused to fall onto my plate...
This is because of the sharp edges acting like so many
small knives, making incisions into the pasta
surfaces all over the place, and in numerous orientations,
and making it difficult to let the pasta to free fall
away from the tong.
The issue was compounded by the fact that the teeth were
something like 40 mm. If they had been much shorter
this issue might not have surfaced.
What might be the sollution? Simple, replace knife like
parts with something less sharp, such as pegs. I think
I will try that out myself...
Today's outut? See bellow...
No much?, perhaps..., but I was not being idle, at all.
These things take time. You do it yourself, and you will
understand all the nitty-gritty of it!
With the above image, you see that I was trying to
seal up the trenches and the holes. With the second from the bottom
you see that the trench is covered with a piece of wood.
Same goes to the bottom image, OK, a round peg is sicking out,
but, that can be easily sanded down later. So, I am almost
there.
My tactics is to coat the whole thing once or twice
before connecting the handles, and then, fabricate the
lids, coat them separately, and then bang them
together for completion. That seems the easiest way..
Above? Silly, is it not? Hole positions are different...
How this has come about, I have no idea...
I would have thought that they were an exact pair...
Can I make use of them?, I think I might, by having
purpose built counterparts.
As I mentioned yesterday, what was wrong with its design
was that the actual holding, or clinging teeth were
so thin, probably less than 1 mm in thickness,
and with very sharp edges to them. The teeth length
was perhaps OK, but then the sharp edges...
With this illustration, B is showing you the front end
image, and to the right of it, the tooth profile,
a side view of (one of) them.
What happened yesterday was that my wife was trying
to pick up some pasta for my dish, and the pasta
refused to fall onto my plate...
This is because of the sharp edges acting like so many
small knives, making incisions into the pasta
surfaces all over the place, and in numerous orientations,
and making it difficult to let the pasta to free fall
away from the tong.
The issue was compounded by the fact that the teeth were
something like 40 mm. If they had been much shorter
this issue might not have surfaced.
What might be the sollution? Simple, replace knife like
parts with something less sharp, such as pegs. I think
I will try that out myself...
Today's outut? See bellow...
No much?, perhaps..., but I was not being idle, at all.
These things take time. You do it yourself, and you will
understand all the nitty-gritty of it!
With the above image, you see that I was trying to
seal up the trenches and the holes. With the second from the bottom
you see that the trench is covered with a piece of wood.
Same goes to the bottom image, OK, a round peg is sicking out,
but, that can be easily sanded down later. So, I am almost
there.
My tactics is to coat the whole thing once or twice
before connecting the handles, and then, fabricate the
lids, coat them separately, and then bang them
together for completion. That seems the easiest way..
Above? Silly, is it not? Hole positions are different...
How this has come about, I have no idea...
I would have thought that they were an exact pair...
Can I make use of them?, I think I might, by having
purpose built counterparts.
