Conchita, I am feeling a bit happier now. There was
a discovery. I went to the furniture factory I often
talk about, this time in relation to the display/sale
opportunity at the Isetan. The president showed me
various cutting machines that they use. One of them
was so attractive, but it was a very large machine,
and I cannot afford it. One other machine that he showed
me was a surprise. I have one of those myself, rarely
used in my workshop, because of the risks invloved.
He gave me a hint, though, og how I might use the machine.
It made me think a lot upon return to my workshop.
Next two images show you what I am talking about.
Here above, the big chunck of wood seen to the left is
a holding jig I improvised for the purpose. It does work!
Let me re-cap my issues, though. I want to have starting
wood pieces of the dimenstions I want. My latest discover is that
I can have my wood purchased at the DIY shop
cut into the slices of the width I want. However, the good story
suddenly end there. I will need to further cut these
pieces to the depths I want!
Up until yesterday, the cutting had been done with my bandsaw.
Very safe, but slow and VERY INACCURATE in cutting along
straight lines!
What is shown above is that I managed to do what I wanted,
desipte the enormous fear that I have with this machine.
In order to do just that, I even had to remove the safety
cover originally inslatted with the machine. As a matter of
fact, having this safety measure is more dangerous in my
operation! The safety cover is shown above, the plastic thing
with bits and pieces.
Anyway, what knowledge and practical experience I gained today
is that in return for the fear of loosing the tip of my
fingers I can slice out the pieces to the dimensions I want.
That is very, very significant. Right now, I am constrained the
small size of my woroshop, but my intention is to construct
a much larger workshop in our family cottage.
Above, showing you I also worked on chopstics containers.
These willl be dealt with during the course of this evening.
I may add that I also did a lot of work, relocating my
machine positions.
Here above, can you see a difference? Same chopstics
cases, but one's sharp edges have been rounded. Basically
the same dimensions, but rounding makes these look smaller.
That is what I want.
In rounding I am greatly assisted by having these grain 40
belts I bought recently! Grain 40, I have only had them
with my disk sander, which really is a lathe machine.
If and when I go to Borneo, I want everything to be
compact, and having these extremely rough sanding
surfaces with my portable belt sanders will be of
great help!
a discovery. I went to the furniture factory I often
talk about, this time in relation to the display/sale
opportunity at the Isetan. The president showed me
various cutting machines that they use. One of them
was so attractive, but it was a very large machine,
and I cannot afford it. One other machine that he showed
me was a surprise. I have one of those myself, rarely
used in my workshop, because of the risks invloved.
He gave me a hint, though, og how I might use the machine.
It made me think a lot upon return to my workshop.
Next two images show you what I am talking about.
Here above, the big chunck of wood seen to the left is
a holding jig I improvised for the purpose. It does work!
Let me re-cap my issues, though. I want to have starting
wood pieces of the dimenstions I want. My latest discover is that
I can have my wood purchased at the DIY shop
cut into the slices of the width I want. However, the good story
suddenly end there. I will need to further cut these
pieces to the depths I want!
Up until yesterday, the cutting had been done with my bandsaw.
Very safe, but slow and VERY INACCURATE in cutting along
straight lines!
What is shown above is that I managed to do what I wanted,
desipte the enormous fear that I have with this machine.
In order to do just that, I even had to remove the safety
cover originally inslatted with the machine. As a matter of
fact, having this safety measure is more dangerous in my
operation! The safety cover is shown above, the plastic thing
with bits and pieces.
Anyway, what knowledge and practical experience I gained today
is that in return for the fear of loosing the tip of my
fingers I can slice out the pieces to the dimensions I want.
That is very, very significant. Right now, I am constrained the
small size of my woroshop, but my intention is to construct
a much larger workshop in our family cottage.
Above, showing you I also worked on chopstics containers.
These willl be dealt with during the course of this evening.
I may add that I also did a lot of work, relocating my
machine positions.
Here above, can you see a difference? Same chopstics
cases, but one's sharp edges have been rounded. Basically
the same dimensions, but rounding makes these look smaller.
That is what I want.
In rounding I am greatly assisted by having these grain 40
belts I bought recently! Grain 40, I have only had them
with my disk sander, which really is a lathe machine.
If and when I go to Borneo, I want everything to be
compact, and having these extremely rough sanding
surfaces with my portable belt sanders will be of
great help!
