Today started with wet-sanding, as seen below.
I am pleased about the progress so far. I will be
switching to gloss coating from tommorrow.
Today's most significant? physical output is
seen below. Yes, beasts, 7 of them nearing
completion.
I am yet to fabricate some 50 more of these,
thereby gaining insight into beasts making.
Do you know something? It is one thing
to make a single piece with utmost care,
spending hours on it.
Being an artisan (or wanting to be one...)
it is no good, at all. You must know all
aspects of beats making.
To that end, you make lots and lots of them,
no matter how clumsy you might be at the start.
Two illustrations to follow, to get the point
across to you.
Here, lines in red, 1 and 2 indicate intended
curvatures. 1 is easy, as it is external to
the handle. You just press the end of the handle
against the disk sander, as in the shematic B1.
However, the curvature 2 is a problem. What you
do is to press the part in question against the
peripheral of the ander, as with B2.
However, if you do that you do not get the smooth
curvate you wanted. More likely, you end up with
jagged surface as with A below.
This is inevitable, because the only area of the
disk I can use is limited to the very edge of it.
And, it is very sharp and on top of that you cannot
see the side hidden away from you. In any event
you are pressing the thing not against a constant
abrasive surface. What you are struggling against is a
fast rotating, sharp, and constantly changing
contact surface.
Can you top that!?
This is exactly where dextelity will eventually
come in. To get there, you must do it over
and over again...
It is a lonely business, indeed.
Once roughing is over, then I can switch over
to my belt-sander. This in inherently easier to use.
You press the rought surface against one end of the
sander.
Here, sanding surface is more or less two dimensional,
and is far easier to take control.
Anyway, I am now deeply into it and if I really become
dextile enough after so many hundreds of the beasts
remains to be seen...
In order to get on with more I ended today's work with
cutting out more of the side blocks. These need to be
made flat, tommorrow, to go aginst what is seen below
the side blocks.
See? My wood deck is now neat and tidy again! See also a large
white pod? I made it myself for my wife, years ago. How?
You make your garbage tank upside down and wrap it round
with a mesh (metal mesh) and apply a large amount of cement.
After solidification you just pull out the tank (not easy!).
As a result the pot is increedibly heavy!!!
I am pleased about the progress so far. I will be
switching to gloss coating from tommorrow.
Today's most significant? physical output is
seen below. Yes, beasts, 7 of them nearing
completion.
I am yet to fabricate some 50 more of these,
thereby gaining insight into beasts making.
Do you know something? It is one thing
to make a single piece with utmost care,
spending hours on it.
Being an artisan (or wanting to be one...)
it is no good, at all. You must know all
aspects of beats making.
To that end, you make lots and lots of them,
no matter how clumsy you might be at the start.
Two illustrations to follow, to get the point
across to you.
Here, lines in red, 1 and 2 indicate intended
curvatures. 1 is easy, as it is external to
the handle. You just press the end of the handle
against the disk sander, as in the shematic B1.
However, the curvature 2 is a problem. What you
do is to press the part in question against the
peripheral of the ander, as with B2.
However, if you do that you do not get the smooth
curvate you wanted. More likely, you end up with
jagged surface as with A below.
This is inevitable, because the only area of the
disk I can use is limited to the very edge of it.
And, it is very sharp and on top of that you cannot
see the side hidden away from you. In any event
you are pressing the thing not against a constant
abrasive surface. What you are struggling against is a
fast rotating, sharp, and constantly changing
contact surface.
Can you top that!?
This is exactly where dextelity will eventually
come in. To get there, you must do it over
and over again...
It is a lonely business, indeed.
Once roughing is over, then I can switch over
to my belt-sander. This in inherently easier to use.
You press the rought surface against one end of the
sander.
Here, sanding surface is more or less two dimensional,
and is far easier to take control.
Anyway, I am now deeply into it and if I really become
dextile enough after so many hundreds of the beasts
remains to be seen...
In order to get on with more I ended today's work with
cutting out more of the side blocks. These need to be
made flat, tommorrow, to go aginst what is seen below
the side blocks.
See? My wood deck is now neat and tidy again! See also a large
white pod? I made it myself for my wife, years ago. How?
You make your garbage tank upside down and wrap it round
with a mesh (metal mesh) and apply a large amount of cement.
After solidification you just pull out the tank (not easy!).
As a result the pot is increedibly heavy!!!
