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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Wood Working Projects
After school on Wednesdays, I was in an enrichment program. It is called Wood Working. We learned how to cut, glue, and sand. My first project was a covered wagon. My second project was the wishing well. When I was sawing, I had my goggles on. We wore them, so we would not get saw dust in our eyes. After cutting we went to the sanding table. I started with the eighty grade sandpaper and ended with the two twenty sandpaper. Sometimes I even used the three eighty grade sandpaper. The point of sanding is to get it smooth, so we would not get splinters. At the glueing table, we glued the parts we had sanded and cut. We did one part at a time. It took us ten weeks to finish. If we finished our part of the project early, we could work on any other project that we wanted. I made a horse to go with the wagon. One time with my friend we made bongos. For our teacher we made a blogging boat because she has a blog. It is called Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog.
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Sean,
ReplyDeleteI am truly impressed. What a great project! Possibly you could put up a picture of the blogging boat, I would love to see that.
Cheers,
TLF
@ TLF,
DeleteI am sorry because I can't because my teacher has it. My friend and I built it for her. But I am sure you can ask her to do a post about on her blog. When I started working on my projects it turns out that you should wear goggles. I herd a story that someone got hurt by not wearing it. Why is it importent to take your time on cutting?
Sincerely,
Sean
@ Sean,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun class! I love to build things, so I think I would have really enjoyed this class.
Mr. Yollis also like to make and build things. I know when he has made some jewelry for me, he has used sand paper to soften the edges.
Do you have a tool box? If so, what is in it?
Your proud teacher,
Mrs. Y♥llis
A Mrs. Yollis
DeleteI do have a tool box. In it there is screws, hammer, wheels, wrench, and tape measurer. I used my hammer in my Thomas Edison project as well. The wheels are from my skateboard because I changed the wheels to faster ones. Which tool do you use more often?
Sincerely,
Sean
Sean, sounds like you really had a good time being a part of the Woodworking enrichment program. Woodworking takes patience because there are so many steps. I'm sure you know that now! My favorite thing you made is the wagon because it has so much detail. All the different pieces came together to make something that really looks great. Which project did you enjoy making the most? Do you have some other things you'd like to build if you get the chance?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your work with us, Sean.
Mr. Hervieux (SISQITMAN)
Technology Director
@ Mr. Hervieux,
DeleteI enjoyed probably the covered wagon because it was more than a challenge then the other projects. The hardest part was glueing the small pieces because it was difficult to make it stay there for a hour. I also liked getting the glue on my hands because if I did have a splinter it would be gone. If I had to make another project it would be a tree house.
What got you interested in this post?
Sincerely,
Sean
Wow you have some skills with wood working Sean. I have tried to make lots of different things and they just never seem to be that good.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you put a lot of time and effort into your projects. Is this the first time you have made anything with wood?
@ Luke Willis,
DeleteThis is the first time I built something with wood. It was very fun to learn how to use the sand paper in the right way. I did put a lot of effort, but sometimes they just failed and you have to put more glue. The horse I did was after project I did. What did you try to make?
Sincerely,
Sean
Wow, Sean. I don't know whether to be more impressed by your woodworking skills or the story you wrote. So firstly, I want to say how impressed I am with your woodwork results. I'm sure it must take a lot of patience and skill. Secondly, you have written a clear and interesting recount of what you did to get these results. The details you gave about the types of sandpaper and why you had to sand, kept me focused on your recounting.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in what a 'blogging boat' is.
Great work. Thanks for sharing.
christineb
@ Christine Braid,
DeleteMy friend and I made a blogging boat for our teacher, and she has her own blog. SInce she loves blogging we decided to mak her a boat that something to do with blogging. It had a tiny computer to go with it inside the boat. The steps that we used to make it was sand , cut, and glue. The hard part was that the big pieces were too heavy, so they fell down a lot. One time when I did a project my teacher said to cut more pieces to tough in it up. What sand paper do you think I used?
Sincerely,
Sean
Dear Sean,
ReplyDeleteI really liked making the Wishing Well. It was fun because I got to sand, glue, and hang out with my friends! I wish I could of done the covered wagon.
Your horse is very interesting! How did you make it? How did you get the legs to go diagonal?
Sincerely,
Chloe
@ Chloe,
DeleteI just glue the legs diagonal, but first I had to cut the legs exactly the same, so the horse would not fall down. I made it by following the directions that the teachers gave us. They said to sand, cut, and glue. Have you ever made something out of wood?
Sincerely,
Sean