Today was not any different from any other days.
Coating continued, and a few minor chores
around the house.
So, the first thing in the afternoon was spent
on making a primitive cut guide (jig) for my
bandsaw.
Below showing you the set up of my milling
machine with a 6 mm endmil.
I normally use this machine for making holes and
grooves in wood. However, whenever I use it for
its orginal purpose of metal works I am reminded
that I have a mother machine at my disposal.
Mother machines?, yes, and I have a lathe for metal
works, too and together I will be even able to use
them for making their replicas! They are so
versatile!
Above is simply showing you my jig, cutting jig, or
cutting fence. It is fixed on the bed with bolts
through the oblong holes I made.
Above, to the right of my own jig is a commercially
available cutting fence. It is no good at all. You
just cannot fix it firmly on the table!
Above, showing you the result of my test cutting.
This is no good, either... and I will tell you the
reason using the following schematics.
There is an assumption before making use of a cutting
fence. And, that is that the piece of wood you are
trying to cut has a flat (and straight) face,
when it is set against the fence. It is shown as A.
The line in red is the intended cut line. This,
however, is rarely the case.
Under these circumstances your actual cut line is
along the bule dotted line. In reality, you want
several segments from the cut piece.
So, locally, they may or may nothave more or less flat and straight
sides. It is not a big deal. More of a problem is that
the blade is undully pressed into the direction
of the fence. This leads to a redduction in cutting speed
and a stress on the blade. For this reason alone
I will be abandoning the use of my cuttig fence.
That way, I will have more of freedom in choosing
the actual cut line...
Having convinced myself with my conclusion I then worked on
a few Chinese spoons. I managed 4 in 30 minutes operation
limit, but I can do 5 easily.
I am naturally mindfull of the productivity and
this is OK by me... I have yet to decide what I want
to do with the stems. Round thef course, but...
I will have to sleep on this issue.
Coating continued, and a few minor chores
around the house.
So, the first thing in the afternoon was spent
on making a primitive cut guide (jig) for my
bandsaw.
Below showing you the set up of my milling
machine with a 6 mm endmil.
I normally use this machine for making holes and
grooves in wood. However, whenever I use it for
its orginal purpose of metal works I am reminded
that I have a mother machine at my disposal.
Mother machines?, yes, and I have a lathe for metal
works, too and together I will be even able to use
them for making their replicas! They are so
versatile!
Above is simply showing you my jig, cutting jig, or
cutting fence. It is fixed on the bed with bolts
through the oblong holes I made.
Above, to the right of my own jig is a commercially
available cutting fence. It is no good at all. You
just cannot fix it firmly on the table!
Above, showing you the result of my test cutting.
This is no good, either... and I will tell you the
reason using the following schematics.
There is an assumption before making use of a cutting
fence. And, that is that the piece of wood you are
trying to cut has a flat (and straight) face,
when it is set against the fence. It is shown as A.
The line in red is the intended cut line. This,
however, is rarely the case.
Under these circumstances your actual cut line is
along the bule dotted line. In reality, you want
several segments from the cut piece.
So, locally, they may or may nothave more or less flat and straight
sides. It is not a big deal. More of a problem is that
the blade is undully pressed into the direction
of the fence. This leads to a redduction in cutting speed
and a stress on the blade. For this reason alone
I will be abandoning the use of my cuttig fence.
That way, I will have more of freedom in choosing
the actual cut line...
Having convinced myself with my conclusion I then worked on
a few Chinese spoons. I managed 4 in 30 minutes operation
limit, but I can do 5 easily.
I am naturally mindfull of the productivity and
this is OK by me... I have yet to decide what I want
to do with the stems. Round thef course, but...
I will have to sleep on this issue.
