Week 17 21st june 2012

well today we sorter just had to do our own thing so i decided to work on my rocking cradle witch i still have to finish, all i really have to do is glue it all together and bolt the rocking part to the legs and i should be finished.

Week 17     18th-22nd June
Write a paragraph about what happened  carpentry practical this week. What specific tasks were you involved with?

well yesturday the 19th of june we were working on our shed its going pretty well every one was involved but i was mostly involved in the hammering stages and putting on the roof.

Week 16 11-15th June

Do some online research into sustainability and building. Find answers to these questions:
1) What sustainable materials can builders use? local materals and reusing materals
2) What are 2 methods of sustainable building? reusable wood and untreaded wood
3) How can builders minimise waste during construction? reuse,reduse,recycle
4) What features can be added to new buildings to conserve and use less energy? pink bats

Week 12 14-19th May

Making wooden toys

Task 1

Write a paragraph about making a wooden toy in carpentry. Include details about why you chose that particular toy, how you made it, what tools you used, how long it took to make.

well i chose to make a rocking cradle toy in carpentry and i chose to make this because it looked nice at simple, to make this rocking cradle i needed my rule to measure al the sides and to see where to put the wholes to drill the nails in and stuff and basicly all i needed to use was the drop saw and it took a few days to make this but i still havent finished just need to glue it all together now.

task 2

Write a paragraph to review your project:

1) How successful was your project? vary successfull.2) What went well? everything went vary well.3) What could you have done differently, to make it more successful? nothing i liked it the way i did it.4)Was the choice of toy the right one for the time available? not really but i didnt care im still happy with what i done.
5) Overall, how successful was the group at making their toys? i think every one of use was successful with maken there toys.

Week 11 7-11th May

1) Carpentry has begun this week. Write about what happened during the first 2 day of carpentry. Include details about

• The choice of projects you were given
• How the group chose which project to do
• The health and safety aspects of carpentry that you learned about.

1) we chose our own project to do, first we were given some books to look at witch had diffrent sort of toys in it and thats how we all chose our projects and at all times we had to where our safty boots and when we went into the room with all the machines in it we always had to where our earmuffs.

2) Assessment questions from Jamie

1/ Name 5 machines in the machine workshop?   

1. drop saw

2. jig saw

3. band saw

4. circular drill

5. router

2/ Whats the maximum amount of timber the thicknesser can remove at once? 3ml 

3/ Name all the tools in your tool box?  tap measure, hammer, ear muffs, chisels, tool belt, combination square.


       

Week 10 30th April- 4th May
1) Read Kim's blog post, look at the links in her blog (click on the red writing in her blog) and leave a comment for her - either about something in her blog post or about something you've done in her class.

2) On your blog for this week, write about 2 things you've enjoyed doing the most as part of your horticulture classes


the most tthings i injoyed the most was creating a japanese bonsai tree and designing a japanese garden with the class.