Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Thursday / Friday September 5th / 6th

Please do a good job learning with Mr. Winn today.

I am doing professional development at the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington

Your jobs today are to use the Chromebooks to learn about and practice:

1) What is on WoodworkingGrant.Blogspot.com and how that can help you be successful in this class.

2) What information is on Maucks.com/safety and how that information can help you be safe (a prerequisite for success) and successful in this class.

3) Working TOGETHER to learn and to problem solve.


Mr. Winn will help you number off into groups of about 3. You will be working with students who sat at different benchs.

Once you have a Chromebook you should open a window at WoodworkingGrant.Blogspot.com and see these instructions.

Next click on this linke to Maucks.com/safety . Remember that the first two machines you will need to learn to use properly and safely are The Drill Press and the Bandsaw.  When you click on these links you will notice a sample test. (My tests may be better!) Go ahead and look at the tests as a way to understand what you should be paying the most attention to during the videos. 

Remember in Woods we work Safely AND Together. The point of today's class is to help you study AND work together. It's great to talk about what you should have learned after each video.

Start with studying the Drill Press test and videos (this should take 15-20 minutes total). You may look at older entries on WoodworkingGrant.Blogspot.com while you wait for other groups to finish.

Next Mr. Winn will rearrange your groups. Be sure to share names with the new group. Then follow the same process as above to study the Bandsaw. This machine will take longer to study and you may have to complete the activities later.

Thank you.

This is the END of the Intro Woodworking Lessons


8th Period: Intermediate / Advance

This class will use the chromebooks to 1: analyze a set of three videos on the same topics and take notes on the following questions:

Why do we use push sticks? What are the qualities of a good push stick (in your opinion or from what these makers say)?

Are all techniques shown safest? If not which techniques strike you as less safe / more risky and why?

Do you see any jigs / fixtures (things like our cross cut sleds,  or saw guides) that look especially useful or interesting.


Pay attention, in particular, to her iterations in design.
Who / what companies do you think support April financially?
8:56 run time


Jay Bates – where April Wilkerson got her inspiration 4:10 run time

Video #3 This video was “suggested” by Youtube when I looked at the Bates video. The Everymaker is working in a limited shop. There are definitely some poor safety habits here. But the way he makes his star knob is worth knowing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILIdOXm0fwk
11:36 run time

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