30/4/12

As soon as class started today I was given the task of cutting one of the last boards for the floor,I got a couple of stands out for the board to sit on,then got the skilsaw,Eye protection was worn along with grade 5 ear muffs.5mm needed to be trimmed of the side,so i added 39mm because of the distance between the blade and the guide,and cut it.The cut was accurate,next up it was glued down and nailed with the paslode.Nail punches were used to force the nails deeper into the board.

Me,Brad and Liam were then shown how to mark out the lines for the walls.We used a chalk line to accurately get the lines in the correct place.All the bottom plate lines were marked so the framing is ready to be put together for the walls.things are really coming along quite nicely now.

I then moved onto finishing up my oil stone box.
The tools I used were,chizels,hand plain,hammer,rule,builders square

Finished Box.

Plans for the Oil stone box.

Chizzled sections for the stone to fit in.

I marked the lines on the lid,then used a plain on a slight angle to edge the top of the block into a roof shape.Once it was all even I had then finished the top.The bottom was also finished today,all that was required was to chizel to the marked lines,I then gave it a light sand to smoothen it up.I am happy with the finished product.

Side on view.

24/4/12

Today my half of the class were making our oil stone boxes.We were handed 2 blocks of wood,we had to use our chizels and hammers.The Oil stone had to fit into the blocks,13mm in depth on each block,The bottom one is to be tight and the top block is to have a 1mm gap,once the insides have been chizled out,we were to plane the top on a small angle on all four sides.I spent the whole day doing this.

When using the chizels,never chizel towards yourself as you could chizel yourself in the leg.Always aim it away from yourself.I also used a hand plain to clean up the insides of the blocks.Both handles are to be held when using it as you could possibly cut yourself.

The block of wood at the start.

After I have chizled out the insides to squeeze the oil stone in.

Making sure you have sharp chizels is important,after all you want a nice clean tidy job.The sharper the better,also safer.