Today was not any different from yesterday.
However, the first of protective coating has started,
and I am very pleased. I am that much closer to
delivery.
The beast in the middle is not for sale. It is an early
Chirstmas present for the shop girl. This is made from
two types of walnut.
Chopstics, yes, they are for sale. They are meant for kids,
at 190 mm in length.
Today, I made, altogether, 5 of these. These are also meant
as presents, for the department lady. By now, I have given her
something like a dozen of these. I wonder if she wants more...
These things, looking very simple enough, do take time
and as a result I did not have a lot of time for
other things.
On the other hand I did make a small discovery. All because my
belt sander was not cheerful enough. My gut diagnostics is
that the internal contact point, made from carbon, has erroded.
I can see that. I was applying a constant load and yet,
there were sudden surges of current, making the belt
to pick up its speed accordingly.
What I did then was to make use of the disk sander.
Yes, I was after planar surfaces both with the knife
material and the side bars.
As it turned out I found it a lot easier and quicker
to remove undulations with the disk sander. From now
on I will be heavily using it for the same purpose.
The disk sander is a very versatle machine indeed...
Naturally, you get scurs from the disk and
at the end of the day you still rely on the belt sander
to remove them. These images are showing you the outcome.
With respect to the last image, there was another small
discovery. This is in relation to how you might
clump your pieces together.
One at the back is not ideal, and the ideal mode of
clumping is seen at the front. This way, it becomes
so much easiler to correct for shears.
Yes, even with dual clumping you still tend to
get a little bit of shearing. Why do I not then revert
to the jig I invented for the bootsholders?
Simple, I need a lot more powerful constraint
with my butter knife pieces. I do not want
smallest of the gaps at the contact boundaries.
So, a few small discoveries from today's work.
They are perhaps early Christams presents for me
, living in the small world of my own...
However, the first of protective coating has started,
and I am very pleased. I am that much closer to
delivery.
The beast in the middle is not for sale. It is an early
Chirstmas present for the shop girl. This is made from
two types of walnut.
Chopstics, yes, they are for sale. They are meant for kids,
at 190 mm in length.
Today, I made, altogether, 5 of these. These are also meant
as presents, for the department lady. By now, I have given her
something like a dozen of these. I wonder if she wants more...
These things, looking very simple enough, do take time
and as a result I did not have a lot of time for
other things.
On the other hand I did make a small discovery. All because my
belt sander was not cheerful enough. My gut diagnostics is
that the internal contact point, made from carbon, has erroded.
I can see that. I was applying a constant load and yet,
there were sudden surges of current, making the belt
to pick up its speed accordingly.
What I did then was to make use of the disk sander.
Yes, I was after planar surfaces both with the knife
material and the side bars.
As it turned out I found it a lot easier and quicker
to remove undulations with the disk sander. From now
on I will be heavily using it for the same purpose.
The disk sander is a very versatle machine indeed...
Naturally, you get scurs from the disk and
at the end of the day you still rely on the belt sander
to remove them. These images are showing you the outcome.
With respect to the last image, there was another small
discovery. This is in relation to how you might
clump your pieces together.
One at the back is not ideal, and the ideal mode of
clumping is seen at the front. This way, it becomes
so much easiler to correct for shears.
Yes, even with dual clumping you still tend to
get a little bit of shearing. Why do I not then revert
to the jig I invented for the bootsholders?
Simple, I need a lot more powerful constraint
with my butter knife pieces. I do not want
smallest of the gaps at the contact boundaries.
So, a few small discoveries from today's work.
They are perhaps early Christams presents for me
, living in the small world of my own...