Shop Class; Tuesday, First Period [11/05].
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 06:12 amAmaya'd gone and sent a handwavey reminder out to her students yesterday that went something along the tune of, "Hey, remember that whittling class we did? Yeah, bring those in this week!" although, even if they didn't, because they'd forgotten, or they'd lost it, or something else happened to it, well, there was plenty of material to whip something else up, so long as it was quick, because there was plenty to do that day.
"Welcome back, everyone," Amaya greeted the class with a nod. "We're done with thematic projects for at least a little while, so it's back on track and getting use out of those mini-foundries we made a little while back, and we've got a lot to squeeze into today. Now I asked you to bring back in whatever it was you whittled out a few weeks back, because today, we're putting them to good use through a process called sand casting. That's when you make a mold out of tightly packed, slightly damp sand for founding whatever little pieces you'd like with the pattern you've made. Not necessarily the best way to cast an item, but definitely an effective, quick, and fairly cheap way to do it, and hopefully a little bit of fun, too.
( Sand Casting! )
"Let me know if you have any questions, I'll be checking in on you as you work, so let's just get to it."
"Welcome back, everyone," Amaya greeted the class with a nod. "We're done with thematic projects for at least a little while, so it's back on track and getting use out of those mini-foundries we made a little while back, and we've got a lot to squeeze into today. Now I asked you to bring back in whatever it was you whittled out a few weeks back, because today, we're putting them to good use through a process called sand casting. That's when you make a mold out of tightly packed, slightly damp sand for founding whatever little pieces you'd like with the pattern you've made. Not necessarily the best way to cast an item, but definitely an effective, quick, and fairly cheap way to do it, and hopefully a little bit of fun, too.
( Sand Casting! )
"Let me know if you have any questions, I'll be checking in on you as you work, so let's just get to it."