24th April

• Tools: chisel, hammer, hold out rule, hand plain, hand router, nail guns
• Safety equipment: ear muffs, safety boots
• Hazards: chisel - incorrect way of using - chiseling towards themselves / hand in front of chisel / chisel not sharp enough

First part of the morning was used to work on our blogs with Steve

 
 using the hand router

Then we went out and finished our oil stone cases
Chiseling out the bottom on an angle starting 35mm in from the ends to a depth of 5mm in the middle
Kept the chisel sharp by sharpening it on the oil stone on a 30 degree angle in a long fig.8 motion
Using the hand plain to finish the top of the case - first I plained the sides, then the ends to required  10mm with the point starting at 35mm

Once finished went on the help Takey and Regan [came to help just at the end, so only put up 1 shelf] that was already cut, so we only had to put it together using the gun and compressed air nail gun. They then had the measurements from the other shelf's so cut the last sheet for the top out, then nailed it to the frame and put it in the shelf

23rd April

Today we started a hands tool project 'making an oil stone case'

• Tools used: folding 1m rule, 8m tape measure, chisel, oil stone, hammer, Sharp pencil, square,
• Hazards: Chisel - must be keep sharp so it doesn't  slip / unclean work area - keep wood shavings off work bench and regulary sweep floor around work bench
• Safety equipment: ear muffs, safety boots

We were given a brief description of what was required, then we were given 2 pieces of D4S [dressed 4 sides] wood at 300mm by 75mm by 30mm

First we had to mark out where the oil stone was going to sit in the wood according to the plans.
Once this was done we chiseled out the area [approx. 13 - 15mm deep [keep the chesil sharp - sharpen in a fig.8 motion at approx 30 degrees]]

     

Fitted the oil stone so the bottom was tight and the top part of the case was lose

 

Then I started on the base, measuring in 35mm each end and finding the middle, drawing the line [on the side to a depth of 5mm] then chisel out a tin plate to follow chiseling out the rest [not finished]

Then we done a big clean up.