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The Art of Watchmaking
The Art of WatchmakingTuesday, February 26, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
Thursday / Friday 21 / 22 February
Students worked on their cutting board projects and on learning and practicing table saw operations.
Periods 7 and 8 had several students working on producing "coddle boards" for advanced ceramics class. This work will be completed today by 2nd and / or 3rd period classes.
Students were to show Mr. Zartler their protocol sheet completed through step 3A before mid-term progress reports are posted on Tuesday.
Periods 7 and 8 had several students working on producing "coddle boards" for advanced ceramics class. This work will be completed today by 2nd and / or 3rd period classes.
Students were to show Mr. Zartler their protocol sheet completed through step 3A before mid-term progress reports are posted on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Great video on end grain cutting boards
Marius Hornberger is a kind of German Mathias Wandel: he has made many of his own machines out of wood.
This link is an excellent video on making an end-grain cutting board. But be warned the fence on his table saw is different than ours, and one of his operations is not safe on our saws (see Z to discuss)!
This link is an excellent video on making an end-grain cutting board. But be warned the fence on his table saw is different than ours, and one of his operations is not safe on our saws (see Z to discuss)!
February 20
My apologies; but now I've got a pretty bad cold.
Steps 1 - 3A of the cutting board will be due by the end of class on Friday.
Today your lessons are as follows:
Period 5
I don't think the sub last Thursday got things quite right. You should have studied videos about building a tiny house. If you didn't do that, please let the sub know and follow this link to today's lesson.
Feel free to start class with 10 minutes of student led yoga.
Periods 7 & 8
Today you will study the making three different, but related projects. You will take notes about the projects and evaluate the three makers on a printed sheet, and turn that in to the substitute.
1) "Just a Shoe Rack" You've seen videos by the "Wood Whisperer" Mark Spagnolo before. In this video he discusses his approach to designing and making a shoe rack. Video run time: 16 minutes.
Spagnolo uses his table saw in a way that I don't think is safe; what is it that he does that we will NOT do in this shop?
2) Frank Howarth lives in SW Portland. He worked as an architect before devoting himself to making Youtube making videos. I believe his woodworking habits to be sound, and his videos are of high quality. He has produced furniture and fixtures for several restaurants and stores in Portland. Find out more on his Youtube channel. This video is about Frank Howarth designs and makes shoe storage. Run time 15 1/2 minutes.
3) Very geeky (and pretty darned wonderful) Mathias Wandel makes a coat rack (maybe if you email him, he will make a shoe rack). Run time 5 minutes
If time remains:
Frank Howarth makes a toy tractor
Frank and his daughter make a cat table
Steps 1 - 3A of the cutting board will be due by the end of class on Friday.
Today your lessons are as follows:
Period 5
I don't think the sub last Thursday got things quite right. You should have studied videos about building a tiny house. If you didn't do that, please let the sub know and follow this link to today's lesson.
Feel free to start class with 10 minutes of student led yoga.
Periods 7 & 8
Today you will study the making three different, but related projects. You will take notes about the projects and evaluate the three makers on a printed sheet, and turn that in to the substitute.
For each
of the three projects (Wood Whisperer Shoe Rack; Howarth Shoe Storage Chest;
Wandell Coat Rack) write in complete sentences about EACH of the following
questions. This is a graded assignment and is to be turned in at the end of
class.
1) What constraints (limits /
requirements) were there for the project?
2) What inspired the project’s
design (e.g. why did it end up looking the way that it does look?
3) What if anything about the design
got changed while it was being built?
4) What do you like about the
design? What don’t you like about the design?
1) "Just a Shoe Rack" You've seen videos by the "Wood Whisperer" Mark Spagnolo before. In this video he discusses his approach to designing and making a shoe rack. Video run time: 16 minutes.
Spagnolo uses his table saw in a way that I don't think is safe; what is it that he does that we will NOT do in this shop?
2) Frank Howarth lives in SW Portland. He worked as an architect before devoting himself to making Youtube making videos. I believe his woodworking habits to be sound, and his videos are of high quality. He has produced furniture and fixtures for several restaurants and stores in Portland. Find out more on his Youtube channel. This video is about Frank Howarth designs and makes shoe storage. Run time 15 1/2 minutes.
3) Very geeky (and pretty darned wonderful) Mathias Wandel makes a coat rack (maybe if you email him, he will make a shoe rack). Run time 5 minutes
If time remains:
Frank Howarth makes a toy tractor
Frank and his daughter make a cat table
February 19
Periods 2 & 3
Intro worked on cutting boards. New due date for steps 1-3A is Thursday of this week!
Intermediate
We discussed the videos from last class; we talked about electrical wire gauge.
We had a discussion about a new table design. Students worked on their projects.
Intro worked on cutting boards. New due date for steps 1-3A is Thursday of this week!
Intermediate
We discussed the videos from last class; we talked about electrical wire gauge.
We had a discussion about a new table design. Students worked on their projects.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
February 14 (& 15)
Happy Valentines Day!
Sorry, folks, but I will not be in today. A friend had a bad fire at her house, and I have to help with the recovery.
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| Here is a poor photo of the Red Cross volunteers who came while the firefighters were still working to help my friend and her tenant. |
TODAY'S PLAN:
There are a lot of folk who make YouTube video's. I think Anne of All Trades is one of the more reliable makers. (I believe she will be in Portland Friday and Saturday helping to demo tools at an event you should feel free to go to (it's free!) click this link for the information.
Today you are to watch a series of videos that illustrate the basics of wood frame construction. This is the way that almost all single family homes are built. In these videos Anne (and her best friend) build a tiny home. If you take Intermediate Woods next year -- which is a fabulous idea if you ask me -- you will be required to take a test that includes your knowledge of framing and other techniques demonstrated in the video. It would be great if you took some notes on the steps of the process! The first video will give you an overview. The next three will give you more details. Use the first video to figure out what your notes from the more detailed videos should include.
- What are the major steps?
- How do things go together square, and sturdy?
- What layers are there to the building? What is the function of each layer?
The videos to watch are as follows:
Video #1 (a twelve minute overview of a week's work): Building a Tiny House with April Wilkerson in 7 Days This video is hosted on Anne's YouTube page.
The next videos are hosted on April Wilkerson's YouTube page.
Video #2
Tiny House Build - Foundation and Framing
Video #3
Building a Tiny House in Seven Days - Siding and Roof
Video #4
Tiny House Build - Wiring, Insulation, Drywall!
Assignments that were due today and tomorrow will now be due next week.
February 12 and 13
Students worked on designing their cutting boards; table saw tests and demos; planer tests and demos.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
February 11 and 12
Wood Identification test NEXT week (Period 8 will be the week after.)
All students in periods 2, 5, and 7 MUST have steps 1 -3A on their cutting board protocol completed by the end of the week. Period 8 must have theirs completed by Friday the 22nd
Students were given some additional notes about Step 3: The importance of keeping the cutting board material "4 Square".
All students in periods 2, 5, and 7 MUST have steps 1 -3A on their cutting board protocol completed by the end of the week. Period 8 must have theirs completed by Friday the 22nd
Students were given some additional notes about Step 3: The importance of keeping the cutting board material "4 Square".
February 4th through February 8th
Lots of different things happened in different classes this week (including a snow day).
All classes spent at least some time working on building some benches out of 2x by lumber for the Spring musical.
Students had time to work on their cutting board projects.
There were several group practice sessions on identifying wood. (There will be a test before the end of the month.)
Students were given multiple chances to practice table saw usage.
All classes spent at least some time working on building some benches out of 2x by lumber for the Spring musical.
Students had time to work on their cutting board projects.
There were several group practice sessions on identifying wood. (There will be a test before the end of the month.)
Students were given multiple chances to practice table saw usage.
Monday, February 4, 2019
Friday, 1 February
Classes 5 and 8 focused on finishing the Periaktoi for the spring musical.
Period 7 had a demo in how to prepare wood for their cutting boards.
Thursday, 31 January
2nd Period Students worked on assembly a bench for the stage, as well as doing finish work on another set.
Students worked on design of their cutting boards.
Intermediate students worked on a variety of tasks.
Students worked on design of their cutting boards.
Intermediate students worked on a variety of tasks.
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