My Experience

I learned how to use all the machines correctly and safely. I learned how to turn a block on the lathes and what some of the lathe tools are used for. I learned how to breakout a piece of wood. I learned how to not get my fingers cut off and, strangely enough, how to ask for help.

Turning blocks on the lathe was a challenge for me as I found it a bit hard to to get the wood down to a consistent size. I eventually got better at making it even all across but it was a struggle for quite a while. Another challenge was using the band-saw. It was hard for me to control were I wanted the to wood to go and that lead to a few wobbly and uneven cuts.

Even though I had a lot of trouble on the lathe with the salt and pepper shakers I had a lot of success, and fun, with the spinning tops. That was also my favourite project. My top spun evenly for about 20 seconds when I tried it. Plus, I think it looks good.

Meeting Expectations/Assessment

I did meet my expectations. I might have even surpassed them as I really wasn’t confident about wood when I started it this year. No injuries were sustained, I believe my projects look good and are three of them are completed with the fourth not far behind. I used my time efficiently for the most part and stayed out of other peoples way.

I believe I also met Mr. Pope’s expectations especially if I finish my salt and pepper shakers in the rest of this class.

In Metal

In metal I will do my best to not waste anymore of my time. There were several instances during wood shop were I could have been doing something but wasn’t. I think if I had used that time on my projects I could have been finished all of them already instead of having to cut it down to the wire on time so I will do my best to rectify that in the metal shop.