Thursday / Friday Oct 17 / 18

Students learned about how to read the grain in order to properly put a piece of wood into the planner.

Students worked in groups to practice use of the planner.

Wood, like a cat, MUST be handled in a direction that does not ruffle the fibers. Petting a cat against the grain will result in getting scratched; planning wood against the grain will result in tearout.

 Understanding how the rollers feed work into the planner helps identify which way the cutting head turns. This tells you which way the fibers / grain in a piece need to be oriented in order to get a clean cut.



Students also had time to complete retakes on the bandsaw; do a bandsaw demo; or to do a practice cut on the miter saw.

By now all students should have turned in scale working drawings and a successful bandsaw test.

Monday / Tuesday Oct 14 / 15

Today students took the test on safer Bandsaw operations.

Mr. Zartler checked for multiple concept sketches for the holder / rack project.

Mr. Zartler checked scale working drawings for the holder / rack project.

After students completed and had checked their scale drawings; they had time to study Miter saw and planner operations on Maucks.com/safety.

Wednesday / Thursday Oct 9 / 10

By now all students should have
Passed the Drill Press TEST and the Demo
Successfully submitted the Cubby Board for Ceramics

Next class  Monday or Tuesday

1) Bandsaw Safety Test

2) I will check that you made multiple sketches BEFORE developing your working drawings,

and

3) Scale working drawings for your project

On Wednesday and Thursday students learned about:

 Chop Saw / Compound Miter Saw
 Jointer
 Planner

Students should study the Miter Saw and the Planner on Maucks because these tools will help with making the rack / holder project.

Monday / Tuesday October 7 /8

Today we took some time to review the safest operations of the bandsaw.

We used the videos on Maucks.com at maucks.com/safety/band-saw/




Video #1 Safety Features and Dust Collection
Video #2 Set Up of the Bandsaw
Video #3 Safer Cutting

There are four videos, but we only watched the first three (the fourth is on "Advanced Techniques;" you can watch that at home and we will do so at another time. The first three videos are only 16 minutes long in total, so they are easy to review before the test next week.

We began delivering boards to the Ceramics classes today.

Students who haven't finished a successful drill press demo should have done so during these classes.

Students should have completed one or more ceramics cubby boards by now.

Students with extra time should study the two Miter saw videos.

Summary of what should be in your Synergy now:

Drill Press Test (Pass)
Drill Press Demo (Pass)
Score for completed Ceramics Cubby Board (score out of 20)

1) Next week there will be a TEST on safer Bandsaw operations.

2) Sketches of possible rack designs are due as are

3) Scale working drawings (at least two views) due Monday / Tuesday 14/15 October.

September 30 -- October 4

Scale working drawings of your holder are due on Monday, 14 October. The plans should be preceeded by at least three sketches for alternative projects.

This week students learned:

Sandpaper is a tool!

We also learned about Random Orbit Sanders including how sandpaper grit works:

60-80 grit (pieces per inch) is very, very rough

120 grit will leave a pretty smooth surface

220 grit will leave a very, very smooth surface.

Students should have completed a cubby board for the ceramics program. This project is recorded under the Projects section of Synergy. Students should now have a successful "Demo" for the drill press and for the Random Orbit Sander in checked in the book.

Most students have had a chance to try a cut on the table saw.

We noted how we refer to dimensions of boards.

This illustration and work sheet was used to discuss the size of potential projects for students to design.