Day 7(Alex)-- Finishing my box and Lap-desk work
On the second day of the last week of M-term, I continued to work on my lap-desk and finished my box. When I arrived in the morning, the first thing I did was burnish my box from last week with the steel wool. This was the final task I needed to complete for the box project, and it was extremely exciting to finally finish it! Next, I finished taking the long strip of wood I had planned yesterday, cutting the sides to their exact measurements for my lap desk. This process actually took me longer than I thought, and I didn't finish until lunch. When I returned, I had to make pocket holes in the sides of all my wood pieces, except for the front and back sides, where the wood would be visible on my lap desk. This was a process I performed manually: first, I measured the length and depth of my pocket holes needed to be on the pocket-hole making tool. Then I clamped it down, aligning it with my wood pieces, and used a specialized drill bit to create my holes. At first, this process was going quickly, but unfortunately, on the final hole, my wood slipped, causing the drill to chip off the side of my wood instead of creating a neat hole. It was a bit frustrating, but I had to redo the process of cutting a wood strip 1 ½ inches long, then planing it or shaving it down to 2 inches thick, and then cutting it again to make it 12 ½ inches long, and finally redoing the pocket holes. In the afternoon, I also worked on designing the size of my drawer and 3D modeled the dimensions and the dividers I wanted to include in it. Today, I also made a few changes to the structure of my lap desk. Initially, the legs were going to be foldable into the bottom of the desk; however, for aesthetic and functional reasons, I decided that the legs should stay fixed. I accomplished a lot today, and I'm excited to begin working on putting together my project tomorrow!
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