Walks and More Walks. And a box! And tailoring stuff!

Hi again!

So, first a bit of Finnish, after which I'll swap back to English.

Muutama päivä sitten kävimme pikavisiitillä paikallisella räätälillä. Ensi viikoksi Reykjavikin suomalaisvahvistus saapuu tänne Isafjörduriin (tai ovat juuri matkalla itseasiassa) ja heitä varten kävimme hakemassa lainaan (hemmetin painavan teollisuus)ompelukoneen. Ensi viikolle on myös sovittu pidempi vierailu kyseiseen paikkaan.

Eli mikäli tänne joskus tulee vaihtoon tekstiili/vaatetuspuolelta, on yhteistyötaho valmiina jo :) Alla kuvat räätälipaikan yhdestä työtilasta, sekä ompelukoneesta Fab Labiin toimitettuna.

Oli muuten viihtyisä räätälinliike! Rakennus 1920-luvulta ja hieno kohokuvioitu katto, puiset seinät ja lattiat, seinältä bongasin ainakin Leonard Cohenin kuvan ja taustalla soi lisäksi hyvä musa :)

And back to English!

This week I mostly worked on figuring out snap fit, boxes and perfecting my laser cutting skills. I really could've benefited from like, Offset for Dummies, since I just kept messing that up a lot. Oh hey! Another wrong line deleted....

Here's a few unsuccessful attempts (Or actually I think those plexiglass boxes were a success actually, just could've used a looser offset because the fragile material cracked when trying to fit the overly tight pieces together), and a couple of offsetting tests on an oncoming Turner's-ish-cube project.

This one was almost a success! Just didn't place the material well onto the cutter so the top piece didn't come out complete. And the corners are missing a little bit of material. Er. So. Not a success.

Cracks all around.

Them tests. 0.1 offset is perfect for 4 mm mdf!

And I finally managed to make the perfect lidless box, with some plexiglass inlay! I am so damn proud of myself!

After a long week of snap fitting, I went for two hikes on the weekend. On Saturday a less taxing stroll along the side of the mountain by the town here, with an avalanche expert and a landslide expert along, who talked about the science behind both phenomena. It was mostly in Icelandic, but we got some translated by Thorarinn, and also asked a few questions about it in English afterwards with Viviana, who was also along for the walk.

At the end of the walk we got a really good seafood lunch and some delicious coffee brewed over open fire. Both prepared with Finnish Muurikka equipment!

Read more about it (and see the photos!) after the break:

The avalanche protection walls between the town and the mountain. They look WAY less tall viewed from the town.

Twin Peaks theme always starts playing in my head when I see these trees.

The walkers' club.

The morning sun was just rising as we walked, and changed the shadows and light constantly. So pretty.

SO. PRETTY.

And then there was food!

During this walk we scheduled another hike for Sunday with Viviana, friend of Thorarinn. So we headed for that today. We went hiking along the side of a mountain, besides a waterfall. Got quite high up for some lunch, before heading back again. The weather wasn't as great as yesterday, lots of drizzle and it was fairly cold, but it was a very enjoyable walk nonetheless. And I got a pretty nice panoramic view from the top of the mountain.

I really recommend viewing this fullscreen.

The beginning of the walk.

Beneath the fall!

And that's aboot it! Now I'm off to prepare for the incoming Finns in a couple of hours! Next week, the Finns invade Isafjördur!

- Antti