これはずいぶん前に作った作品だ。
外形は出来るだけシンプル・単純に････何も仕掛けなどないという感じにしたかった。
それで名前を「a piece of wood」とした。
外からは蝶番は見えない。蓋を真っ直ぐ上に持ち上げてから開けるという構造になっている。
家具などでもこのように「インセット」してあり、外から見えないヒンジがあるのでそれを参考にした。
ただ、最初に作ったときは、引き上げた蝶番をどこで、どうやって止めるか･･･がこのようなねじ式のストッパーしか思いつかなかった。
それで内部に白い内箱を入れることにした。
木片をあけたら中に白い箱、四隅を45度に切って組み立ててある内箱が入っているというのはちょっと驚きがあって楽しい。
だが、これは本来あまり良くない。木の動き（収縮）を妨げるからだ。
このくらいの大きさなので気にしなくても良いのかもしれないが、何も入っていない蓋との収縮度合いが違ってくる。
今回、30数年ぶりにニューバージョンを作った。
Instagramに紹介したが、ヒンジ部分を改良したのだ。 アイディアはずいぶん前に得ていたのだが、やっと作ることが出来た。
内部の内箱にもクリアランスを持たせた。
ピッタリ作る方がずっと気持ちがいい････けれど、それではいけない。
必要な遊びは持たせないとダメなのだ。
Last Sunday I did harvest work of my rice field at last.
It was a calm and warｍ, very nice day for the harvest. Son’s and daughter’s family came for help, but I used the big harvest machine this year, so there was not a lot of work by hand. These photos show the end moment of harvesting work, ( in the beginning I was very nervous about using harvest machine so I forgot to take photos ) grandson and granddaughter on the machine, it looks very happy and joyful scene, but it was not.
I used this old and huge harvesting machine last year and she( ? ) worked very well. Therefore I was thinking I can do more better than the last year…. but it was not. Maybe the reason was I didn’t understand the mechanism, it was too difficult for me to operate. I dug the earth several times and I had to take out the mud from the cutting blade. I was so disappointed .
We had a lot of rain this Autumn and the ground was very wet, the machine could move because she wears wide caterpillar but it became very muddy at the end. I have to clean up that, it takes 6 hours ( more than harvest work time ) it was hard….
I carried the rice seeds to the harvest center of JA ( Japan Agricultural Cooperation ) and asked to remove the husks from rice.
Anyway, my rice cultivating project 2017 was ended.
Now I am waiting the rice coming back…. Normally I feel very happy after harvest, but somehow I don’t have the happy and joyful feeling this year.
One week past after harvest. I look the empty rice field and still thinking how should I do next year.
Today I started to fix the ” Nyckelharpa “.
I bought some instrument parts from Amazon, and I am thinking to remodel for the nyckelharpa at first.
I brought back from Sweden ( thank you Tore!! I really appreciate for you )this spring but couldn’t handle it. I hope someday ( not in the far future ) I play this instrument and sing.
We had many rainy and windy days last month. But today October began, it is very fine and warm. My ricefield turned yellow, it is almost ready to harvest, but I think I have to wait for more ten days.
