workshop lesson - term 4

I have now finished making my box for my mechanism. So far I this term I have:

• Measured and cut my MBF wood pieces which were 6mm thick, 220mm in length for the top and bottom, 120mm (plus 12mm which is 132mm for the right width) on the ban saw for my box mechanism.
• Sanded down the edges of these wood pieces on the disk sander.
• Cut my stoppers from a light, thin rod of wood.
• Drilled an 8mm hole through the sides of my box making sure everything lined up.
• Glued my wood pieces together with a hot glue gun, creating the box itself. This included re-gluing my wood stoppers in the right place so my box was evenly balanced etc. 
• Threading my dowel into these holes. 
• Cutting a circular end of wood for my handle stopper with a cut-out drill (see image below of Kelsey having a panic attack while Mr Andrews forces her to use the drill again after an incident that happened in a past lesson). 
• Drilling a hole through my circular wood piece on the side. I then glued a small piece of cut-off dowel into this hole so it could be used as a handle. 

Workshop lesson - term 4

We were finishing creating our boxes from the end of term 3 this lesson. I had a bit of trouble with the hot glue gun and gluing the stoppers in the right place. I accidentally glued my stoppers on the sides of my box instead of on the lid. This then made the box uneven in height and the sides weren't parallel. I fixed this by ripping off the stoppers of wood and fitting them in the right place.