Not only was it very cold today, Conchita,
but my heart also sank, too...
Anyway, I retrieved the result of yesterday's
A coating. See below. That walnut goes deeper
in colour even after one application of A is
just amazing to me...
I will be working on these this evening, to
remove rudimentary deffects in time for
tommorrow's A coating.
My belt sander dropped dead when I was
starting to sand today's lot. I will have to
take the whole lot to the shop...
I just wonder how long it might take before
it is returned to me...
I have two more belt sanders, but I do not
like them. They are now only meant for my
dinosour butter knives, but I may use one.
So, I spent my time on those seen above.
They are now coating ready.
It occurs to me that I might as well talk
about yesterday's small discovery in spoon
formation as per below.
Schematic A's black line is the top surface
line of any typical spoon. The red line is a
viewing aid.
However, it used to be the top surface line
of my corn flake spoon. In a way, it is cheating.
Abobe the red line I have an additional mound
at the stem end. Its curvature is close to
the originally intended one, except at the
spooning end.
This is illustrated by the schematic B. That is
to say that the actual spooning area top line
is (or, was)the line in red!
How come I left it like that? Well, you just
hold this spoon and you do not feel anything odd,
all thanks to the hump at the stem end.
Actually, C is a much better configuration.
Why on earth did I not then form my spoon
as in this last side profile?
The answer is that loosding the gap as in C
right at the start of spoon formation is
by disk sander and it is a messy job.
Simply, the area sanded out is large,
larger than the spooning area itself,
offering so much resistance to sanding.
Actually, there is more to it than just that.
Loosing the gap as in C is also loosing the
cavity depth. It becomes shallower, too.
Until recently, cavity formation was one
of the most time consuming job. However,
my another insight into this cavity
formation process, i.e., use of the spiky
ball rotating at RPM 12,000, has freed me
from this heavy boring task.
Now, I do not mind loosing the cavity depth, at all.
I go happily deeper than eventually required.
Once you have done that loosing the gap is
micky-mouse business. Much less resistance
because the area to be sanded out is almost
non-existent! You only need to sand down the rims!
I am plaising myself on this very much, as you
can well imagine. This is a tactic that can
be employed with any other spoons.
So much for the recent discovery.
It makes me think, too. It is just like
the Grand Unified Theory. Poeple over the last
700 years have contributed to it (not just yet complete),
bringing their own small (?) ideas.
My own spoon formation is also based on my other
small discoveries. Combined, they are a force
to be reckoned with!
Here above, I spent the rest of this afternoon
on chopstics, a longer version for a better
selling price...
but my heart also sank, too...
Anyway, I retrieved the result of yesterday's
A coating. See below. That walnut goes deeper
in colour even after one application of A is
just amazing to me...
I will be working on these this evening, to
remove rudimentary deffects in time for
tommorrow's A coating.
My belt sander dropped dead when I was
starting to sand today's lot. I will have to
take the whole lot to the shop...
I just wonder how long it might take before
it is returned to me...
I have two more belt sanders, but I do not
like them. They are now only meant for my
dinosour butter knives, but I may use one.
So, I spent my time on those seen above.
They are now coating ready.
It occurs to me that I might as well talk
about yesterday's small discovery in spoon
formation as per below.
Schematic A's black line is the top surface
line of any typical spoon. The red line is a
viewing aid.
However, it used to be the top surface line
of my corn flake spoon. In a way, it is cheating.
Abobe the red line I have an additional mound
at the stem end. Its curvature is close to
the originally intended one, except at the
spooning end.
This is illustrated by the schematic B. That is
to say that the actual spooning area top line
is (or, was)the line in red!
How come I left it like that? Well, you just
hold this spoon and you do not feel anything odd,
all thanks to the hump at the stem end.
Actually, C is a much better configuration.
Why on earth did I not then form my spoon
as in this last side profile?
The answer is that loosding the gap as in C
right at the start of spoon formation is
by disk sander and it is a messy job.
Simply, the area sanded out is large,
larger than the spooning area itself,
offering so much resistance to sanding.
Actually, there is more to it than just that.
Loosing the gap as in C is also loosing the
cavity depth. It becomes shallower, too.
Until recently, cavity formation was one
of the most time consuming job. However,
my another insight into this cavity
formation process, i.e., use of the spiky
ball rotating at RPM 12,000, has freed me
from this heavy boring task.
Now, I do not mind loosing the cavity depth, at all.
I go happily deeper than eventually required.
Once you have done that loosing the gap is
micky-mouse business. Much less resistance
because the area to be sanded out is almost
non-existent! You only need to sand down the rims!
I am plaising myself on this very much, as you
can well imagine. This is a tactic that can
be employed with any other spoons.
So much for the recent discovery.
It makes me think, too. It is just like
the Grand Unified Theory. Poeple over the last
700 years have contributed to it (not just yet complete),
bringing their own small (?) ideas.
My own spoon formation is also based on my other
small discoveries. Combined, they are a force
to be reckoned with!
Here above, I spent the rest of this afternoon
on chopstics, a longer version for a better
selling price...
