earlk on thu 8 jun 06
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 14:21 -0400, Ken Nowicki wrote:
> Even so, I still cannot fathom how a narrow track within 2" wide (with
> an
> inverted 1.5" piece of angle iron lying in the middle of it)...
> recessed into a
> concrete floor, could possibly cause one's ankle to become twisted in
> it.
Well Ken, a somewhat side-story to illustrate
how to fathom the unfathomable.
I recently made an appointment with a real
estate agent to look at some properties. As
we were walking from her office to the car,
she being ahead of me, I noticed that she was
wearing white sandals with high heels; the tip
of which were about 1" square. The sadistic
side of me said "I gotta get this girl to tromp
some nice brushy soft muddy land with me". :-)
I didn't do that to her, but back to the
question at hand. Just maybe there are some
people out there, female or male, who work
in high heels in their studio in which case
stepping into a 1.5" gap in the floor and
twisting an ankle becomes fathomable.
One must not limit their imagination to
what is known and rational.
earlk...
bothell, wa, usa
Ken Nowicki on thu 8 jun 06
An addendum...
I may have pressed the "send" button in my last post too hastily. After
rereading Patrick's message it appears I may have misread the point he was making
about "Stubbed toes verses twisted ankle??"... sorry about that Patrick.
I assume the point Patrick made was referring to the recessed track idea
causing the 'twisted ankle', verses the exposed track on the surface of the floor
causing a 'stubbed toe'. I misread it the first time and accidentally
flip-flopped it.
Even so, I still cannot fathom how a narrow track within 2" wide (with an
inverted 1.5" piece of angle iron lying in the middle of it)... recessed into a
concrete floor, could possibly cause one's ankle to become twisted in it. It's
simply too narrow for an average sized ankle to wedge into... and... even if
the track were a bit wider... say 3"... you'd still have the apex of the
inverted angle iron spanning the center of the track, flush with the concrete (or at
least nearly so)... leaving only a gap of 1.5" on either side of it. I don't
get it. Doesn't seem like a problem to me.
Regards,
- Ken
Ken Nowicki
Port Washington, New York
RakuArtist@aol.com
Wayne Seidl on thu 8 jun 06
Obviously, Ken...
you don't walk around the studio in four inch high heels, now do you? =
(And for those of you out there falling off your chairs...NO, neither do =
I!)
Best,
Wayne Seidl
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Ken Nowicki
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:22 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Angle-Iron Track & V-Groove Wheels (a correction)
An addendum...
I may have pressed the "send" button in my last post too hastily. After
rereading Patrick's message it appears I may have misread the point he =
was
making
about "Stubbed toes verses twisted ankle??"... sorry about that Patrick.
I assume the point Patrick made was referring to the recessed track idea
causing the 'twisted ankle', verses the exposed track on the surface of =
the
floor
causing a 'stubbed toe'. I misread it the first time and accidentally
flip-flopped it.
Even so, I still cannot fathom how a narrow track within 2" wide (with =
an
inverted 1.5" piece of angle iron lying in the middle of it)... recessed
into a
concrete floor, could possibly cause one's ankle to become twisted in =
it.
It's
simply too narrow for an average sized ankle to wedge into... and... =
even if
the track were a bit wider... say 3"... you'd still have the apex of the
inverted angle iron spanning the center of the track, flush with the
concrete (or at
least nearly so)... leaving only a gap of 1.5" on either side of it. I =
don't
get it. Doesn't seem like a problem to me.
Regards,
- Ken
Vince Pitelka on sun 11 jun 06
I do want to repeat that even for the track for a large studio car kiln with
a heavy car there is no reason to use angle iron larger or heaver than 1/4
by 1/4 by 1". That way, removeable sections are easy to move and store, and
the stationary track sections only stick up about 3/4" from the floor.
That's still high enough to trip over or stub a toe, thus my suggestion to
do as I did - have the major part of the track be removable.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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