Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Life's bumps in the road

Here it is today and while the metal bike jig sits unfinished in Guy's shop, or dismembered(?), I've gone and constructed a wooden jig. This allowed(forced) me to make considerations.
Having a frame in one's eye and building a full sized frame(experimental) into reality takes time and money. Being short on both, I opted for the old method of building to scale(somewhat) and out of readily available dimensionalized wood. Parts still have to be made, and some equipment bought but in the end it allows one the freedom to test out concepts with imagination.
So far, I've been able to build the frame work and now the task of including the tensional synergy element falls to the mind. Frame reinforcement is first and then it starts. Kind of like standing upon some cliff over the ocean wanting to dive into uncharted waters.
Linear geometry expanding and contracting while providing tensional integrity.
Things come to me which will allow some things to happen but having them work on such small scale? Plenty of doubts. More than enough to last a life time. Just have to start and make the best of it. Until next time.