Monday, October 17, 2011

Compass Project Week 3: Learning the tools of the trade

This week in the workshop was spent learning about the tools of the woodworking and boat building trades.  Each of us chose a tool from the tool wall that we were unfamiliar with and we worked together to sort out what each tool did.  Some of them stumped us, but with the combined knowledge of Shane, Wendy, Allen and Greg we were successful! 

Socheta and Molly work with a traditional hand drill....

and use it really well - so well that they drill right through the work table!

Ahmed works with a chisel and wooden mallet...

The students put the finishing touches and measurement markings on their speed squares and tried out a few of the power tools that they hadn't worked with yet.

Andy works on the table saw as Wendy and Mrs. Duddy look on...

Marissa and Shane on the circular saw...Ahmed in the background working with the drill press...

Molly, Molly's great smile and Mrs. Duddy...


James hammers out the final metric measurement marks on his speed square...

Shane told us that the pre-cut parts for the Morbic 12 are scheduled for delivery this week!  We are really looking forward to getting down to business with the construction of the boat. 









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  1. ShaneOctober 19, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Awesome blog everybody; it's really impressive. This Friday we will continue working on the projects that we started last week. The edges of the transom and stem that we have laminated together will need to get beveled to accept the planking.

    Any luck figuring out what OSB and MDF and Epoxy and any other synthetic materials that we used last class are actually made out of?

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  2. Mrs. HortonOctober 20, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    We worked on a materials list yesterday in class...the kids did a great job researching the materials and making a glossary of terms. Looking forward to boat building tomorrow!

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