木工細工に嵌まっています。
さて、前回は、木製自転車スタンドを製作しましたが、今回は、
こんな小物。自転車とは全く関係の無いものです。
これ、亀の自転車以外の趣味のひとつのあるものに、あったら
いいなと思うものです。海外では、'Fit All damper'と呼ばれ
ていて、値段は５０ドル程するものです。
前回、自転車スタンドを作るのに、捨ててしまう端材を頂いた
工房で、ついでに、頂いた欅の無垢材で作ってみました。
また、もう少し数が欲しかったので、ついでに、寄木で作って
みました。
まず、ワッシャに革を張り、ナットと全ネジを接着します。
欅の無垢材と寄木を丸く切ります、
で、こちらにもナットを埋め込んで接着します。
このふたつを組み合わせて出来上がり。
各々、高さを変える事が出来ます。
まあ、これが、このものの必要とされる機能なんでありますが。
海外では、'Fit All damper'と呼ばれていますが、亀は勝手に
「レベルダンパー」と呼んでみる事とします。
-----------------------------------------------------------
Today's topic is ' What is this?, Chapter Two '
This is another story about woodworking.
Last time I talked about making a wooden bicycle stand,
and this time I'm going to talk about this little thing.
It's nothing to do with bicycles at all.
This is something I wish I had in one of my hobbies other
than bicycles. It's called a 'Fit All damper' overseas
and costs about $50. I made mine from a piece of solid
zelkova wood that I got while I was at the workshop where
I got some scraps of wood that would have been thrown away
to make a bicycle stand last time. I wanted a few more,
so I also made them out of parquet.
Each of them can be height-adjusted. This is the function
that this thing needs. In other countries it's called a
'Fit All damper', but I called it a 'level damper'.
It doesn't prevent keep level furniture from swaying by
the length of its legs.
Now, what is this?
The answer is that it adjusts the tone of the banjo.
One of my other hobbies, apart from cycling, is playing
banjo and singing. The banjo you are familiar with is the
loud-sounding 'bluegrass banjo', but the banjo I play is
not a 'bluegrass banjo'. The banjo, I play is called an
'open-back banjo', which is an old-style banjo with a
longer history.
What's difference between the 'open back banjo' and the
'bluegrass banjo'? The 'open back banjo' has no resonator
on the back side, the sound is quieter and warm, the tone
is not as loud. They also differ in the way they are
played. The tone is adjusted by applying a towel or other
object to the leather called 'skin' stretched on the front
side from the back.
Sometimes a stuffed animal can be used instead of a towel.
However, those who want to make more precise adjustments
should use the 'Fit All damper' instead of a towel or
stuffed animal. By placing it against the leather 'skin'
from the back and varying the height of the hit, the tone
can be fine-tuned even more precisely.
A commercial 'Fit All damper' costs around $50. This
'level damper' I made here costs a little more in
materials, If I sold it, I could expect to make a bigger
profit than the last bicycle stand. But how many people in
Japan would really want this?
It's a very small, small market, so I probably can't
expect a big profit.
That's all. Thank you.
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こんな小物。自転車とは全く関係の無いものです。
これ、亀の自転車以外の趣味のひとつのあるものに、あったら
いいなと思うものです。海外では、'Fit All damper'と呼ばれ
ていて、値段は５０ドル程するものです。
前回、自転車スタンドを作るのに、捨ててしまう端材を頂いた
工房で、ついでに、頂いた欅の無垢材で作ってみました。
また、もう少し数が欲しかったので、ついでに、寄木で作って
みました。
まず、ワッシャに革を張り、ナットと全ネジを接着します。
欅の無垢材と寄木を丸く切ります、
で、こちらにもナットを埋め込んで接着します。
このふたつを組み合わせて出来上がり。
各々、高さを変える事が出来ます。
まあ、これが、このものの必要とされる機能なんでありますが。
海外では、'Fit All damper'と呼ばれていますが、亀は勝手に
「レベルダンパー」と呼んでみる事とします。
-----------------------------------------------------------
Today's topic is ' What is this?, Chapter Two '
This is another story about woodworking.
Last time I talked about making a wooden bicycle stand,
and this time I'm going to talk about this little thing.
It's nothing to do with bicycles at all.
This is something I wish I had in one of my hobbies other
than bicycles. It's called a 'Fit All damper' overseas
and costs about $50. I made mine from a piece of solid
zelkova wood that I got while I was at the workshop where
I got some scraps of wood that would have been thrown away
to make a bicycle stand last time. I wanted a few more,
so I also made them out of parquet.
Each of them can be height-adjusted. This is the function
that this thing needs. In other countries it's called a
'Fit All damper', but I called it a 'level damper'.
It doesn't prevent keep level furniture from swaying by
the length of its legs.
Now, what is this?
The answer is that it adjusts the tone of the banjo.
One of my other hobbies, apart from cycling, is playing
banjo and singing. The banjo you are familiar with is the
loud-sounding 'bluegrass banjo', but the banjo I play is
not a 'bluegrass banjo'. The banjo, I play is called an
'open-back banjo', which is an old-style banjo with a
longer history.
What's difference between the 'open back banjo' and the
'bluegrass banjo'? The 'open back banjo' has no resonator
on the back side, the sound is quieter and warm, the tone
is not as loud. They also differ in the way they are
played. The tone is adjusted by applying a towel or other
object to the leather called 'skin' stretched on the front
side from the back.
Sometimes a stuffed animal can be used instead of a towel.
However, those who want to make more precise adjustments
should use the 'Fit All damper' instead of a towel or
stuffed animal. By placing it against the leather 'skin'
from the back and varying the height of the hit, the tone
can be fine-tuned even more precisely.
A commercial 'Fit All damper' costs around $50. This
'level damper' I made here costs a little more in
materials, If I sold it, I could expect to make a bigger
profit than the last bicycle stand. But how many people in
Japan would really want this?
It's a very small, small market, so I probably can't
expect a big profit.
That's all. Thank you.
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