Conchita, I am back. It has been a while...
You know something? Working just one hour longer
makes all the difference!
The first pic of today is jusng you rough cuts
of the chinese spoons.
And yet, I managed to get them to this stage below.
There are 20 odd of these pieces and once I have concaved them
there will not be a lot more to do.
Here, below. Yes, the demise of the DIY shop I
used to frequent to meant that I now have to
purchase my materials from else where.
This "else" meant that the nearest I could get
was also widthwise a little "else" in that it was
wider than what I had in mind.
I know that these extremely large spoons will sell
well. I do not see why I should not make more of them.
In fact, even larger ones. Can you see the difference?
The one I am talking about is wider, shown above.
Above, you see materials for these wider and extremely
large spooons. I bought 14 spoon equivalent for JPY 3400,
and my intention is to sell them at JPY 3000 each.
That would be a handsome return on my investment.
If they fail to sell, then I will give them away to
friends and for free of charge.
Above is a discovery. It really is! It is a spherical spiky,
as I call them. I have a larger one, for instance, for
making extensive concave surfaces, with the large spoons
I have just descrived above. However, with smaller concave
surfaces I want a smaller spiky. I have been looking for one
like this one. Now, I am in bisiness!
I went up to the closing DIY shop again and bought
a sanding drum I have been looking for. Up until now,
I have had to be content with the cone shaped sander.
You can see it just to the left of BS here. It is no
good. Discontinuity in the sanding surface makes it
awfully difficult to use...
The problem is this. This is very much similar to
those smaller ones I have been using. The shop never
carried larger ones for sale, till its closure.
I am a bit cross about it!
Anyway, above. These are not coasters, and yes they are,
in that these were meant, originally, for new year's
ceremony. They were throw away pieces, therefore,
very cheap at JPY 150/piece. Quality is unsatisfactory,
but I can make them better and may sell at JPY 1,000/piece.
Naturally, I can make these pieces myself, but the mere
thought of comleting them to this state is not worth
my time.
Again, if they do not sell as planned my wife will be
happy to use them...
I am now saving up for my numerically controlled
environment. Originally, my workshop was set up,
not for cutlery making, but for fabricating jet engines.
I need precision and a PC controlled milling machine
wil go a long way to my eventual goal!
You know something? Working just one hour longer
makes all the difference!
The first pic of today is jusng you rough cuts
of the chinese spoons.
And yet, I managed to get them to this stage below.
There are 20 odd of these pieces and once I have concaved them
there will not be a lot more to do.
Here, below. Yes, the demise of the DIY shop I
used to frequent to meant that I now have to
purchase my materials from else where.
This "else" meant that the nearest I could get
was also widthwise a little "else" in that it was
wider than what I had in mind.
I know that these extremely large spoons will sell
well. I do not see why I should not make more of them.
In fact, even larger ones. Can you see the difference?
The one I am talking about is wider, shown above.
Above, you see materials for these wider and extremely
large spooons. I bought 14 spoon equivalent for JPY 3400,
and my intention is to sell them at JPY 3000 each.
That would be a handsome return on my investment.
If they fail to sell, then I will give them away to
friends and for free of charge.
Above is a discovery. It really is! It is a spherical spiky,
as I call them. I have a larger one, for instance, for
making extensive concave surfaces, with the large spoons
I have just descrived above. However, with smaller concave
surfaces I want a smaller spiky. I have been looking for one
like this one. Now, I am in bisiness!
I went up to the closing DIY shop again and bought
a sanding drum I have been looking for. Up until now,
I have had to be content with the cone shaped sander.
You can see it just to the left of BS here. It is no
good. Discontinuity in the sanding surface makes it
awfully difficult to use...
The problem is this. This is very much similar to
those smaller ones I have been using. The shop never
carried larger ones for sale, till its closure.
I am a bit cross about it!
Anyway, above. These are not coasters, and yes they are,
in that these were meant, originally, for new year's
ceremony. They were throw away pieces, therefore,
very cheap at JPY 150/piece. Quality is unsatisfactory,
but I can make them better and may sell at JPY 1,000/piece.
Naturally, I can make these pieces myself, but the mere
thought of comleting them to this state is not worth
my time.
Again, if they do not sell as planned my wife will be
happy to use them...
I am now saving up for my numerically controlled
environment. Originally, my workshop was set up,
not for cutlery making, but for fabricating jet engines.
I need precision and a PC controlled milling machine
wil go a long way to my eventual goal!
