November 27-28

Students were introduced to the router table.

Students were encouraged to view Maucks.com concerning router table operations.

Students were reminded to use work instructions to help avoid mistakes.

Students began routing for box bottoms.

Students need to have passed the written test and demonstrations for:

Drill press/ Drill and Driver
Bandsaw
Planner
Table Saw
Chop Saw

The next new test will be on the router next week.

November 20 and 21st

Happy Thanksgiving!

In the shop most students have used the bandsaw to create the fingers of their box.

Many students have cut free the fingers and the slot.

Next week we will learn how to insert a bottom into the box, then we will use the table saw to cut a bottom to fit.

Students will begin fitting a lid to their box by the end of the week.

We got our main wood order this week.

Mr. Zartler gave a short lecture on kinds of wood.

Students should by the first week in December have passed their tests and demonstrations for:
Table Saw
Band Saw
Chop Saw
Drill Press and Hand Drill/ drier
Planner

Students should be studying the router and router table.

November 14-15

Students are currently working through the following work-flow steps for their box.

These directions (like the work instructions for the five minute dovetail) should be in student notebooks). Add details and insights to these are you learn new lessons and refinements to procedures.

Work Instructions for Finger-Jointed Box

1) Mark boards for 1/3: only need one board; may use different dimenstions

2) Mark depth of fingers: use a shim to create "proud" fingers. Use the marking knife bevel down: be gentle!!!

3) Mark ALL faces of tenon boards with an S

4) Cut joints at the bandsaw; use shim on the tenon board.

5) Mark all the bits that get removed with Xs on ALL faces

6) Make a knife wall. Pay attention to keep the flat base of the chisel towards the wood to be kept when chiseling (it's the other way around when paring).

7) Remove waste with a saw being super careful NOT to cut the knife wall. (Leave some waste to be removed by the chisel.)

8) Use chisels to get exactly to the knife wall (or slightly undercut inside the knife walls).

Whoops!

Class has been busy working on finger jointed boxes for the past two weeks.

The box will be a finger jointed box very much like this one:

Students also teamed up as locker partners. Students have been issued a combination lock. Project pieces, hearing protection, and notebooks can be stored in the lockers in class.

October 27 and October 30

The class has milled up a huge pile of pieces for the finger jointed box.

Period 5 will be taking tests on Table Saw; Planner; Compound Miter Saw; Band Saw on Wednesday (students will be asked to take three tests from among those four).

Mr. Zartler will have entered tests and demos into Synergy before the end of the week.

23-26 October

Students began processing wood for our finger jointed boxes.

Students were given instruction in examining rough lumber for flaws, and laying out lumber for rough cuts to prepare for planning.

Students practiced and demonstrated use of the Compound Miter Saw / Chop saw to rough cut lumber for milling.

Students took notes on milling lumber.

Students who have passed the Bandsaw, Planner, Tablesaw, and Miter Saw tests and successfully demonstrated safe operating procedures took the lead in milling lumber for the finger jointed box project.

17-20 October

Classes focused on becoming acquainted with operation of the surface planer. Students will take the planer safety test next week.

Students also were given hands on practice with the planer and with the table saw.

Students were asked to check and update their safety test and demonstration pages with Mr. Zartler