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fandomhigh2013-01-15 11:46 am
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2013-01-15 11:46 am
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Industrial Arts, Tuesday
"Welcome back," Kaidan said.
They were in the Danger Shop again, same set-up as last time: machinery along the walls, workbenches for all the students, and at the front, Kaidan with a circular saw lying in front of him. (Okay, maybe the circular saw was new.) "I know some of you more experienced kids might not get too excited about this," he said, "But these next three weeks we're going to kick off with woodworking. The next two weeks, you're going to be working on a project of your own - you can use the blueprints we've got to make a small entertainment cart or a storage unit, or you can spend the week looking for another project you'd like to tackle."
"First, though, we're going to be talking about safety measures," he continued. "I hope you've all dressed for the class - no loose clothes, and if you have any jewelry on it, take it off. It's a safety hazard." He walked around the class, dropping leaflets on each workbench. "Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to use certain equipment safely," he said. "To start with, I'm going to need all of you to put on your safety glasses. Then you can all come up to the front of the class."
"This is a circular saw," he said, once he'd returned to the front and all the students had followed. "Most of the time while you're here, you're going to be using those table saws over there, but a lot of the principles are the same. For example, you're going to want to saw against the motion - you want it to cut into the material, not with it." He turned the saw on and talked them through sawing a plank in half, trying to find a middle ground between educating the newbies and not boring the guys with more experience.
"Okay," he said, once he was done. "You've got two choices today. You can go around the shop and acquaint yourself with the various woodworking tools. There's a handout with safety measure for each tool, and if it's your first time working with it, ask me to come explain it to you. If you think you can already handle these things, you can start working on your project. But only if you are absolutely sure you know how these machines work - and even then I'm gonna be by every now and again to make sure you don't push it. Safety is the most important part of this process."
He hung back for a moment, then added: "I've also noticed not everyone's partnered up for the battlebot assignment yet," he said. "You've got until next week to find someone, then I want to know who's with who, all right?"
They were in the Danger Shop again, same set-up as last time: machinery along the walls, workbenches for all the students, and at the front, Kaidan with a circular saw lying in front of him. (Okay, maybe the circular saw was new.) "I know some of you more experienced kids might not get too excited about this," he said, "But these next three weeks we're going to kick off with woodworking. The next two weeks, you're going to be working on a project of your own - you can use the blueprints we've got to make a small entertainment cart or a storage unit, or you can spend the week looking for another project you'd like to tackle."
"First, though, we're going to be talking about safety measures," he continued. "I hope you've all dressed for the class - no loose clothes, and if you have any jewelry on it, take it off. It's a safety hazard." He walked around the class, dropping leaflets on each workbench. "Today, I'm going to demonstrate how to use certain equipment safely," he said. "To start with, I'm going to need all of you to put on your safety glasses. Then you can all come up to the front of the class."
"This is a circular saw," he said, once he'd returned to the front and all the students had followed. "Most of the time while you're here, you're going to be using those table saws over there, but a lot of the principles are the same. For example, you're going to want to saw against the motion - you want it to cut into the material, not with it." He turned the saw on and talked them through sawing a plank in half, trying to find a middle ground between educating the newbies and not boring the guys with more experience.
"Okay," he said, once he was done. "You've got two choices today. You can go around the shop and acquaint yourself with the various woodworking tools. There's a handout with safety measure for each tool, and if it's your first time working with it, ask me to come explain it to you. If you think you can already handle these things, you can start working on your project. But only if you are absolutely sure you know how these machines work - and even then I'm gonna be by every now and again to make sure you don't push it. Safety is the most important part of this process."
He hung back for a moment, then added: "I've also noticed not everyone's partnered up for the battlebot assignment yet," he said. "You've got until next week to find someone, then I want to know who's with who, all right?"
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