Construction is basically about cutting wood and creating intarsia, but first you need to do a safety test so your teacher knows that you know how to operate the machine, how to stay safe while using the machines and what to do if anything goes wrong. When you start cutting with the scroll saw, you will have to make a small project to show your teacher that you know how to use the machines. This project is usually a logo or your initials. You will begin your first small project. After the completion of the logo project and showing your teacher that you know how to use the machines. You will have to make a larger more complicated project which is usually an animal. After completing that you would need to make a small project, usually an animal, unfortunately my class did not have enough time to finish this project so most of us only made two projects.
Construction Review
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Construction was a really fun rotation in exploring tech , it was my favorite rotation even though in the beginning we learnt about measurement, about the difference between inches and feet which wasn't that much fun. Alothough We got to measure objects and write their dimensions, this activity was fun because we got to use measuring tapes. Then later we have to learn about safety because no one wants to lose a finger or get harmed in anyway.After learning the rules of working in the workshop, we had to write a test. So our teacher knew that we actually know the safety precautions, i thought the test was easy. After the test were marked we finally got to start our small project. before we started our project, we got to practice a little with all the machines we're going to be using. After learning that we had draw what we're making and then choose our wood color and mark the direction of the grain. I was done drawing pretty quickly so i got to start, i liked using the scroll saw most people thought it was hard to cut little pieces and make fine curves but to me it was easy. I was good at cutting with the saw but i had some trouble sanding the edges, it was hard to make it round and not sharp, but eventually i did it. Then i had to sand the top to make it smooth and after i cut a backboard to glue it onto. we weren't aloud to use allot of glue so i put a few drops and glued it on. After waiting 10 minutes i varnished it to make it shiny and put it to dry in the sun. our second project was to make a larger project, i decided to do a complicated one, it took me along time to draw and cut out the pieces. I had to stay after school two times just to finish it. in the end it turned out beautiful sadly i didn't get to do a third project, because it took me so long to finish my eagle.construction was one of the funniest and exciting rotation out of the three. In the end i got full marks for both my projects and i got to take them home.