So Craig obliged the picker today. It must be very persuasive. It is a neat machine with a conveyor belt and really, really sharp pokey thingies. Its job is to (visciously) rip the fiber clumps apart, before it goes into the carder to be gently ripped apart, I mean straightened out and made into rovings and batts. It is going to have a room that it flings fiber into. But right now it has no little room. And Craig turned it on. And he put fiber on the conveyor belt. And it flung fiber. And, knowing he should be careful, Craig caught his thumb on one of the pokey thingies (albeit, when the machine was off). So we have had our first "accident" but the line did not have to be shut down, mainly because it wasn't even on! Oh geez...I hope we do not need on of those signs...So many days without an accident, so many without production shut down....Oh geez. Cause I am a bit of a klutz myself!
Anyway, we need to figure out how big to make the room and how much fluff you can fit in a box that is 30 x 30 x 30 or 36 x 36 x 36. So tomorrow we fling fluff again!! Now, keep in mind that the walls are either T1-11 (rough) or luan board (rough). The fiber sticks beautifully to both surfaces. Which is why the box will be made out of a nice batheroom type, smooth board! Until the real room is done, we are going to make a "house of cards" using luan board. It should be interesting. It may require video instead of photos for your amusement.
I have no idea what Craig will try to plug into the generator next. I am not sure he can attach any of the 220 machines to it. So the carder, the pin drafter and the spinner are out. Maybe the power company will show up tomorrow. Hee hee.
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| Picker with fiber on conveyor |
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| Flying fiber fluff (FFF) |
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| Ok, we expected more fluff to hit the inside of the box! |
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| Office is enclosed! Now we just need a door! |
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