Today was the first day of the second week of M-Term, and it was an extremely frustrating day. Due to the weekend, I was struggling to get back into the routine of using the machines, especially when measuring wood for mitre cuts. The first step of my individual project was to make rip cuts in the maple board. Due to measurement discrepancies, I realized that I would need more wood than I currently had available. Mr. Grisbee assured me that this would not be a problem. After getting the thinner strips from the larger board, I adjusted the saw for 45-degree angle cuts. This step involved getting the border strips for each of my plywood boards. I had a very hard time with this, as most of them ended up too short and needed to be corrected, and the plywood board needed to be trimmed to fit them. Before lunch, I burnished my finished box with steel wool before applying more finishing oil. After lunch, the frustration continued when I glued the frame to the plywood board. The board was raised above the table to prevent glue leakage, but this caused problems when I glued the frame on, as the pieces would fall off. To fix this, I put glue on all of the connecting surfaces before removing the stand, connecting the frame, and adding clamps. Overall, today was productive in the sense that I finished the base for both wall boards, but extremely frustrating in that I made many errors, and the gluing process was irritating and messy.
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