"Busy" was not the word for it today.
I did not go anywhere and all of my time
was spent on re-reconfiguring my workshop!
Conchita, this is very important, because
the final layout will determine how efficiently
I can work with my machines.
Where you could produce 30, 40 spoons a day
you may well end up with 10, solely due to
the innefficient layout you choose!
Laying machines out must take into account
a few factors, the most important of which
is the safety of operation.
You have machines operating at more than 12,000
rmp, easily. In addition, for instance, with
the milling machine and a few others
you must also take into account the operational
spatial limits the machines extend to. You do not
want your machines, while operating them
to come into contact with the machines sitting
next to them!!! You also want a clear view of everything
you are doing!
In order to ensure that you can only try and see
your decision is right, by actually runnning the machines.
That, in reality, means moving things about,
until you get an optimal layout. That is how today
was spent...
Here follow some snapshots.
The DELTA jointer needs an apmle space for safety. So, it
took the priority. The one at the rightmostis my milling
machine, with a big black shaft.
It is very carefully placed on the bench. Mainly because
the horizontal flat moves about in X-Y (and for that matter
in Z direction!) directions.
The benchi drill is loose at the moment. It is not a dangerous
machine to operate, anyway...
My bandsaw has found a new location. It is now firmly
bolted as with a few others. The biggest chunck to the
right of it is the newly acqusitioned beltsander,
weighing 22kg! It dwarfs a much smaller one to the right of it!
Here again, the jigsaw is loose. It does not matter.
I does not do any harm..., rarely used, anyway.
Here above, you are looking at the milling machine
and the jointer from a different viewing angle.
The jointer has not yet been fully setup...
Here, you see my lathe, together with the newly
purchased beltsander, which is a monster!
In all this I tried not to make huge changes
in the layout. After all, you had things
going on immediately before this big change.
Parts and pieces are still all over in my workshop
and making too huge a change will obliterate
the whereabouts of those pieces!
In fact, in order to ensure I knew what I was
doing I did, today, some fabrication work
with my egg placers. No image, I am afraid...
On a separate issue, I was browsing through
web pages last night, for babies and infants
and those in hospitals.
I now have a fair amount of feel towards them.
In particular, off-set spoons and the
dimensions of the spooning area...
Also, details I might add to the handles.
I have , again, pegs struck into the
spoon handles, so that infatnts can be
sure of holding something not just nice and
smooth handle surfaces, but something
more, something more stimulating to their
palmpits...
