Term 1 Week 5

Since the start of our project some of the class have sped up and some have slowed down. At the start of this week we were given 1 piece of wood. Once cut these will slide together and into the slots already cut on the frame. These will act as dividers and divide the box into 9 squares. Once the piece of ply goes on the bottom it will be ready for the blocks to be made and go in.

To do this I: 

~ Cut 4 pieces of timber that fit into the sliding holes on the frame

~ Then the four were placed halfway in each and marked on the timber were the cuts are to be made

~ Once the pieces were all marked I used a marking gauge to mark halfway down the wood. 

~ I then cut down along the line using a tenon saw until it got to the mark from the marking gauge.

~ Then I used a chisel and mallet and hit down on both sides of the piece of wood until the scrap fell out

~ I then sanded down all the pencil markings ready to glue it together

~ Once all was ready I glued the pieces together (Pic 1) and into the frame (pic 2)

 PIC 1

This is what it looked like when it wasn't glued to the frame (Pic 1)

This is what my Naughts and Crosses box looks like right now (pic 2)