Conchita, I had to let one day go yesterday for
various reasons, but I am now back.
For a start my new mliing machine arrived yesterday.
See the box here? It is in my parking lot and you may
think it is rather small.
Well, I would say yes, but all this is mighty heavy!
I opened the box and had to drag the machine into
my house. It is so heavy and it is still
sitting there!
I will have to do a few more things before I can place
it in my workshop. Sort out the bench and move the
old milling machine into my bedroom.
And then, call for help to move the monster into
my workshop. My pal next door is away at the moment,
so it will be while before I can do anything...
In the meantime, work on adult feeders continued.
Here above, you are looking at oak spoons with
side bars.
Here above, these are pine spoons with side bars.
The pine material came from the north and look
more or less broad leaved, very similar to
domestic walnut...
Here above, I am reffering to today's realisation.
As I keep telling you my spoon making starts from
a rectangular block.
Normally, stem ends are wider. So, I am inevitably
left with crescent shaped side reduntants. They are
difficult to use any longer.
However, if your initial cutting lines are just like
those dotted lines, then you are left with a piece
in the schematic B at the top.
This type of reduntant pieces could be turned into
two pronged mini-forcs, and in fact that is what
I had been doing over the years.
That is to say, I sometimes get these shapes if
spoons are straight stemmed. However, if all other spoons
are also straight stemmed, those redundant
left-overs could be used in conjunction with
straight stems as shown lower in B.
Naturally, if you are talking about the same material
for spoon making you do not go to this trouble.
However, I could combine two different materials this way.
I will show you what I mean tommorrow. This evening,
I will be working on bonding of different materials...
various reasons, but I am now back.
For a start my new mliing machine arrived yesterday.
See the box here? It is in my parking lot and you may
think it is rather small.
Well, I would say yes, but all this is mighty heavy!
I opened the box and had to drag the machine into
my house. It is so heavy and it is still
sitting there!
I will have to do a few more things before I can place
it in my workshop. Sort out the bench and move the
old milling machine into my bedroom.
And then, call for help to move the monster into
my workshop. My pal next door is away at the moment,
so it will be while before I can do anything...
In the meantime, work on adult feeders continued.
Here above, you are looking at oak spoons with
side bars.
Here above, these are pine spoons with side bars.
The pine material came from the north and look
more or less broad leaved, very similar to
domestic walnut...
Here above, I am reffering to today's realisation.
As I keep telling you my spoon making starts from
a rectangular block.
Normally, stem ends are wider. So, I am inevitably
left with crescent shaped side reduntants. They are
difficult to use any longer.
However, if your initial cutting lines are just like
those dotted lines, then you are left with a piece
in the schematic B at the top.
This type of reduntant pieces could be turned into
two pronged mini-forcs, and in fact that is what
I had been doing over the years.
That is to say, I sometimes get these shapes if
spoons are straight stemmed. However, if all other spoons
are also straight stemmed, those redundant
left-overs could be used in conjunction with
straight stems as shown lower in B.
Naturally, if you are talking about the same material
for spoon making you do not go to this trouble.
However, I could combine two different materials this way.
I will show you what I mean tommorrow. This evening,
I will be working on bonding of different materials...
