Sunday, April 29, 2007

Twisting in


Quite a long day in the shop with wood dust. I had the clamps off the legs and twisted in the feet with a couple of lengths of 3/4 inch pipe. They weren't too far out, but one of the top struts seemed to have krept up a bit more than I would like. They are all trued up now though, and there are adjusters in case the top twists out or the floor is uneven.
I learnt a lot of simple techniques for making things true when on a stone masonry job. How to make a flat surface, and how to make another off of it at a certain angle, etc. All those things come in handy and are hard to forget once learnt, shame I never got the hang of times tables or anything much that was mathematical. Anyway, squinting across a couple of straight edges happens a lot, so here it is again done while kneeling on the floor.
Charcoal on cartridge 37x53cm