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What it looks like after gluing

October15

Today was for watching videos about what we will do, but I did get to see my glued box: Remember that this is just having glued the  front, back, and sides. Unfortunately, one of the sides didn’t glue well: It is ok, because I just need I just need to stick a little glue in […]

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Week review: from sanding to a fire drill, and everywhere in between!

October11

It was a very exciting week in tech! Finished up manual sanding with sandpaper and used belt sander to fix some edges. When using the band saw, not just did I have to wear safety glasses but also a dust mask. Yesterday, at the end of class my wood was ready to be glued, but […]

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Status report: rip cutting = DONE!

October2

That means that all the cutting is done. This is what my box looks like. It doesn’t fit perfectly but that is why I need to sand it. This does tell you what it size is. I am excited to finally be done cutting and ready to move on (there still is chance that I […]

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Updates on the box

September27

It has been very busy in tech (working on the box) so it was hard to find time to post but here is were I am so far:   I have now done all the cross-cutting (going perpendicular to the grain) but still need to rip (cut along the grain) because that requires a different […]

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Measuring my wood

September20

Today I got my wood and was able to measure it. Here is a picture of the wood when I got it: Now here is it after I measured everything carefully: We used try squares when measuring to make sure it is a perfect square (or rectangle).   Next week I should be able to […]

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Practice sawing

September18

Today we started by learning how to use the miter box saw. We will use it to cut the woods for the box. Here is what the saw looks like:     Then I was able to use scrap wood to practice on the saw. At first I was having trouble using it hard enough […]

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New thoughts on the box

September17

When looking at the model I thought it looked too big. I decided that since I already added some inches it would be ok to take away a few so it is the size that looks good to me. I changed my measurements to be 10 x 6 x 5. I liked the width so […]

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Continuing our project

September13

We are making a box. We needed to creat a story for it. Here is mine: “ The flashlight (from 6th grade tech) was very successful but Eli kept losing it. Luckily he found it each time but he didn’t want to take chances. He needed a place to put it. He decided to make […]

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Starting our project

September12

We spent most of the week so far planning for our project. On Monday and Tuesday we worked on a plan on paper/our iPads. Yesterday we continued and also started making a model out of cardboard. We were drawing out where we will cut it and today we actually did do some of the cutting. […]

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Safety in tech 7

September9

Safety is an important part of tech. There are many rules from last year that care still very important: Wear safety glasses No running Ask before using tools And many more basic safety rules… Since this year there are a lot more tools there are also some new (but equally important) rules: We should push […]

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