You wish, as I often do, you had all the nice
varieties in life. But then, they are pretty
hard to come by...
So, I keep uploading images not much different
from earlier ones. They are different in
details, but Conchita may not be able to
recognise them with ease. Lo siento...
Today's priority was to have a bootsholder
stacker for the shop I mentioned yestarday.
Quite how that chap may or may not have
arranged my bootsholders for display,
I do not know. In any event I promised him one.
What is below is part of what I did.
Until today, I never really thought I would be making
square holes of significant size. In fact, I always
assumed that it was beyond my capacity.
It was primarily because I had been obbsessed with the
idea of having completely square resseses. Today, it
suddenly occured to me that I can get away with
quasi square resseses for most of my practical
purposes. The image above bears that out. Corners
are not at the right angles.
What you normally insert into these resseses,
however, are not exactly square either. The
edges are rounded, more or less.
To create these resseses I used my milling machine.
What follows might give you some idea of what
might have been involved.
As you see above, with A, I could not cut into
corners because of the diametre of my bit. One extremely
nice thing about the milling machine is that
cutting line is continuous. So you can go around with
your bit in a circle. With normal bit operation you
cannot do that.
You remove your object from the vice and turn it
through 90 degrees and start your cutting process.
It is messy and time consuming.
With the milling operation it is a continucous process
once you fix your object with your vice. So, you may
see how versatile milling operation is!
Today, I made another small discovery. Can you see that
the pegs are at an angle to the vertical member?
My concern was how I might make holes at an angle.
With my bench drill the horizontal support can
be rotated, as with the schematic B.
However, I could not releasethe bolt fixing the
horizontal to the vertical shaft. It was rusty.
A simpler idea was to place an wedge over the
horizontal, and then place my object as with
the schematic C.
The blue indicates the drilling bit.
Above is the outcome.
Some more dinosaurs were born today. What follows showing you
today's coating.
Reflecting back on today's operation I am pleased, very.
Both square resseses and holes at an angle pave a
long and significant way to the mass production of
caligraphy brush holders.
Up until today I always thought of them being made
up with round bars fixed into round holes. Now,I can use
sqaure cross sections.
Making holes at an angle will also help. With the
first holder for my wife I had to employ horizontal
member with one of its faces already at an angle
to make my life easy. They are hard to come by.
In fact, I do not have any more of that in my stock.
From now on, though, I will be able to use square
cross sections!!!
varieties in life. But then, they are pretty
hard to come by...
So, I keep uploading images not much different
from earlier ones. They are different in
details, but Conchita may not be able to
recognise them with ease. Lo siento...
Today's priority was to have a bootsholder
stacker for the shop I mentioned yestarday.
Quite how that chap may or may not have
arranged my bootsholders for display,
I do not know. In any event I promised him one.
What is below is part of what I did.
Until today, I never really thought I would be making
square holes of significant size. In fact, I always
assumed that it was beyond my capacity.
It was primarily because I had been obbsessed with the
idea of having completely square resseses. Today, it
suddenly occured to me that I can get away with
quasi square resseses for most of my practical
purposes. The image above bears that out. Corners
are not at the right angles.
What you normally insert into these resseses,
however, are not exactly square either. The
edges are rounded, more or less.
To create these resseses I used my milling machine.
What follows might give you some idea of what
might have been involved.
As you see above, with A, I could not cut into
corners because of the diametre of my bit. One extremely
nice thing about the milling machine is that
cutting line is continuous. So you can go around with
your bit in a circle. With normal bit operation you
cannot do that.
You remove your object from the vice and turn it
through 90 degrees and start your cutting process.
It is messy and time consuming.
With the milling operation it is a continucous process
once you fix your object with your vice. So, you may
see how versatile milling operation is!
Today, I made another small discovery. Can you see that
the pegs are at an angle to the vertical member?
My concern was how I might make holes at an angle.
With my bench drill the horizontal support can
be rotated, as with the schematic B.
However, I could not releasethe bolt fixing the
horizontal to the vertical shaft. It was rusty.
A simpler idea was to place an wedge over the
horizontal, and then place my object as with
the schematic C.
The blue indicates the drilling bit.
Above is the outcome.
Some more dinosaurs were born today. What follows showing you
today's coating.
Reflecting back on today's operation I am pleased, very.
Both square resseses and holes at an angle pave a
long and significant way to the mass production of
caligraphy brush holders.
Up until today I always thought of them being made
up with round bars fixed into round holes. Now,I can use
sqaure cross sections.
Making holes at an angle will also help. With the
first holder for my wife I had to employ horizontal
member with one of its faces already at an angle
to make my life easy. They are hard to come by.
In fact, I do not have any more of that in my stock.
From now on, though, I will be able to use square
cross sections!!!