Day 8(Alex)---Yay??...Oh no...
Today was a bit unusual. In the morning, I spent around an hour and a half helping Ryan drill his table, using pocket holes. This process was probably the most difficult and labor-intensive activity so far in this M-Term. I held the sides of the wood together while Ryan drilled screws to attach the legs with the impact drill. We had initially thought this would be a quick and easy process, but once we started, the wood kept shifting and re-aligning, and we had to re-drill many of the pocket holes. At some point, it became too difficult with just two people, so we had to enlist Kamilla's help to stabilize the table as we finished screwing. After I used the laser cutter to cut out the box shape for my drawer, it fit together like a puzzle piece, so gluing it together was quick and very simple. Around the same time, before lunch, we also had visitors come from the lower school who wanted to see how the workshop looked and what we were doing. I showed them how to make a cross-cut on a piece of wood, and the rest of the group provided simple introductions to some of the other machines in the workshop and explained how we were using certain tools. After lunch was the most difficult so far. Kamilla and I both needed the dado stack saw for some of our cuts, so we had to remove the current one and replace it. Neither of us remembers how to do it, so Mr. Grisbee gave a quick example, and Kamilla and I spent the next 15 minutes attempting to do it with much difficulty. However, the data stack saw was not making the correct cuts, and it was too narrow. We spent a significant amount of time re-adjusting the saw's width, trying it out, and realizing the cuts it was making were too narrow. We then had to reset the saw and try again. We must have changed it at least four times. When we finally got the saw positioned correctly, I used it to cut out a rectangle in one of my side pieces, allowing my drawer to slide in. My last step for the day was to assemble the box shape for my lap desk, but this was when the real trouble started. Every time I attempted to drill in the pocket, the wood would chip, and after many attempts, we resigned ourselves to the fact that the side pieces were too thin. Tomorrow, I will have to re-cut the front and back pieces of my lap desk and attempt to reassemble my frame. Yay!…
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