Metal Work – Core Competencies

In Mr Petersons welding 12 class, there are lots of instances where I had to use critical, reflective and creative thinking. Right now I am making a giant sign that is shaped like a heart. It will be going up at Lafarge Lake soon. One time where I had to reflectively think with this project is when I was designing the shape of the heart. During the design portion I had to use all of the prior knowledge that I have to be able to design the heart on a program called Fusion 360. Designing the heart meant I had to do a lot of creative thinking. It took quite a while as I had to come up with ideas for how it looks, proper dimensions as well as how to make it structurally strong. Critically thinking is probably one of the most important parts of this project. This is because if anything went wrong, I would need to find a way to fix it. Luckily, not much went wrong during the making of this project although while welding it together, the heat caused it to warp a bit but we were able to correct it. This project ended up being very successful and turned out very well. If it didn’t turn out well then I’d probably find a flaw in how I designed it and try to fix that. I am very proud of how this project turned out and I was lucky to have people help with the building portion.

Heart Sign Result
Signs before being painted
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