Well its been an eventful month. Work have decided to train me up as a Duty manager which means another new challenge. Along with this i have started my project at Child Matters which is a child protection education provider which do great work for New Zealand. It seems odd territory for an IT geek but i am currently building them an Intranet which will hopefully benefit and progress the great work the team do.
On the Ballooning front the balloon itself has not progressed at all. I have received my load tape and Nomex which gives me a path to finish all of the sewing before i have to go buy more supplies. I am hoping to tackle some of the balloon cutting during Balloons Over Waikato as some of the experienced homebuilders will be over. If that doesn't happen i would like to at least get a deeper understanding of my Juki LH-515 and test the french seam folder i purchased in 2013.
With BOW looming i have been pushing to get my fan completed which is currently being held up by they key way that i am hoping will be cleared by Friday (Very close to BOW). Once the key way is cut i will be able to attach the blade/hub to the motor and proceed with balance testing. Hopefully all goes well as i have loaned the fan to Mark Mitchell.
Besides that it is shaping up to be a very busy week leading into BOW with a liquor license course prior to master briefing, updating the ozi map, catching up with friends and preparing for the Wednesday morning.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Cutting Day 4 + Bad news
Day four did not end up being a very productive day. We managed to cut 40 panels when we realistically should of cut 60 however we hit a few road blocks and made some mistakes which were fixable but did put a negative vibe on the day.
So the day started with me loading up the car and forgetting the patterns which ended up being a 30 minute drive there and back to pick them up. Followed by not having a partner until about 1pm which meant once i had laid out the first cut i didn't have much else to do. I could of laid out the other 10 layers for that panel however i made the mistake of prepping to cut way before it ended up happening.
While i was waiting i did a few jobs such as measuring the next panel template to ensure it was right. Good thing i did this because i was a fair way off and the panel template will have to be re-cut. I also managed to sort out some of the off cut panels into panels A and B which will bring the total fabric wastage down. When we started cutting we managed to cut panel G, skipped panel F (Template was wrong) and proceeded onto panel E. We managed to cut the first lot of panel E (10/20) and on the second lot it went to shit essentially....
One of the layers underneath was not lined up and the panel went over the end of two panels. Because of this we swapped out for panel D. The tally for the day ended up being Panel G (20/20), Panel E (10/10) Panel D (10/10).
That brings us to today, as of last week i started back at Wintec with a new set of papers. One of the two papers i have is Project which is equivalent of 450 hours. This work load along with more time at countdown has led me to put the balloon on hold. I am hoping that during Balloons Over Waikato we will have a few rainy days to complete the cutting stage. Once this is complete the balloon wont be touched until the semesters end which will also be winter.
So the day started with me loading up the car and forgetting the patterns which ended up being a 30 minute drive there and back to pick them up. Followed by not having a partner until about 1pm which meant once i had laid out the first cut i didn't have much else to do. I could of laid out the other 10 layers for that panel however i made the mistake of prepping to cut way before it ended up happening.
While i was waiting i did a few jobs such as measuring the next panel template to ensure it was right. Good thing i did this because i was a fair way off and the panel template will have to be re-cut. I also managed to sort out some of the off cut panels into panels A and B which will bring the total fabric wastage down. When we started cutting we managed to cut panel G, skipped panel F (Template was wrong) and proceeded onto panel E. We managed to cut the first lot of panel E (10/20) and on the second lot it went to shit essentially....
One of the layers underneath was not lined up and the panel went over the end of two panels. Because of this we swapped out for panel D. The tally for the day ended up being Panel G (20/20), Panel E (10/10) Panel D (10/10).
That brings us to today, as of last week i started back at Wintec with a new set of papers. One of the two papers i have is Project which is equivalent of 450 hours. This work load along with more time at countdown has led me to put the balloon on hold. I am hoping that during Balloons Over Waikato we will have a few rainy days to complete the cutting stage. Once this is complete the balloon wont be touched until the semesters end which will also be winter.
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