Illustrations! Illustrations! Renderings! Solid 3-D Models! Photographs... no, photographs are too easy, let's stick with the hard stuff. Illustrations! Cross-sectional renderings! Graphs! Charts! CAD Drawings!
Yup, that's what I'm spending my time on. Robotics Demystified isn't a book, its a _picture_ book. I've spent something like seven hours today and written just three pages of text (out of ten to fifteen needed for the chapter). And three pictures.
Sure, Figure 8-1 has two (very simple) CAD models and two views of a 3D model. Figure 8-2 contains six sub-photos, but not just photos -- I cut the image of interest away from its background. Wouldn't want it to be simple.
I just finished Figure 8-3. It's a sintered bronze bushing and a cut-away view of a ball bearing.
Now I'm about halfway through illustrating a hinge, where I'll also provide a cut-away view.
I love the figures, and the models may be useful for later projects, who knows? But it's killing me.
It didn't help that I worked with Marla on her school project for an hour or so (documenting the process of creating a Halloween corpse), and showed Bob Q. around the shop while talking about knife making and the new exotic metals they have now. Neat stuff! It's all good!
Just time consuming.
Time. I remember when I had time.
No, that's a lie. I never have time. I kinda like it that way, though some days it seems like I'm insane to do all that I do.
Anyway, the electronics chapters are so much easier.
No dancing tonight; tired, need to do things, Michelle isn't too enthused about it either. Tomorrow we do grocery shopping, office supply shopping, book shopping, and I bet Marla will try to convince me to go _clothes_ shopping!
I know that all I seem to do here is whine... but there isn't really anything to report. I'm working. I'm writing. I'm busy.
So, to stay in the habit, I talk about my working, my writing, my business... and complain about it all. Complaining is, sadly enough, my favorite sport.