Surprise Box

In class, we started our surprise boxes. First, I measured 6 pieces of wood that were all 4 inches long and 3 inches tall. Then I cut them out with a small saw. After I finished cutting the 6 pieces, I had to even the pieces out. I did this because a lot of the pieces weren’t the same length. I made them all the same length by stacking them up and then laying them down on a cutting board. I applied pressure onto the stack of wood with the palm of my hand and started cutting the ends of the wood.

After I finished doing that, all my pieces were about the same length. I noticed that the pieces were 3.9 inches instead of 4, so that means my box would have to be smaller. Then, I cut out 2 pieces of wood that are 3 inches long and 3 inches tall. I have to make the heights of those 2 pieces 2.5 inches, so I used a ruler to measure out 2.5 inches.

Saw Cover

Last week I finished my saw cover. I changed my design a little bit though. Instead of me sewing buttons onto it, I just decided to wrap it around with a few rubber bands. I changed this part of my design because sewing buttons is a lot more time consuming than just wrapping some rubber bands around my saw cover. I also changed the width of my cloth. Before, I wanted to cut it 2 inches so when I wrap it around, it would be 1.3 inches. When I was cutting, I felt like 2 inches was still not enough, so I changed the width to 3 inches. I got to make it last week so this is my saw cover:

The first picture is what the cloth would actually look like if it were wrapped around the saw.

Building

To build is to put parts together. It looks like pieces being connected together, sort of like a puzzle. I’m not the best at building anything and I don’t really have experience, but the closest thing to building that I’ve done is making a fort. While I was building this fort, I was thinking about what materials should I use and what will make this fort less likely to fall. I was building this fort with my friend, so we helped each other come up with materials to use. I don’t have or use this fort anymore because I made it a year ago. I enjoy building things but I’m not the best at it because I don’t have enough experience. I enjoy it because it’s fun to get random objects and make something out of it. Building is different from the actives that I usually do because when you build, you have to think carefully about what you’re doing. I play soccer, and soccer requires quick decision making so it’s a little hard for me to think very carefully.