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fandomhigh2016-11-29 01:12 am
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Shop, Tuesday, period 3
The Danger Shop was actually set up to look like a traditional shop classroom again, wonder of wonders. Though anyone peeking through any of the simulated windows or doors that didn't lead back into reality would see the junkyard lurking just outside.
Eliot was still considering this a personal victory.
"Hope you all had fun last week," he said. "Even if you were a bit disappointed you were throwin' the food instead of eating it. This week I thought we'd get back to basics a little, and focus back in on woodworking. We've done a bit with moving parts already, but for the most part that's been with kits or found materials. Today we're gonna create our own, and put together some wooden toys. Now I know you all have probably outgrown these sorts of things by a fair distance. Some of ya probably never even played with a simple wood toy growin' up at all, for whatever reason. But even a simple toy, like a wood push toy," Eliot displayed a pair of pictures of sleek, modern wood toys on the projection screen, "can have real artistry in it. The key in that case is not to get too fancy. Make yourself a nice simple shape, with two symmetrical sides, four wheels, and if you like, a pole or leash for a kid to push or drag it around with. Or if that sounds a bit too easy for ya, you could branch out, try your hand at something with more joints in it." This time it was a wood robot, anthropomorphic and posable. "You can go for simple pin hinges, or if you want to get fancy, give carving a ball-and-socket a whirl. And of course, if you really want to get fancy," this time he called up a video showing a piece with multiple wooden parts in action, "you can start working with mechanics and gears. All wood, mind you. That's your real challenge here. It's easy enough to find some gears out in the junkyard or pull 'em from a workin' machine and repurpose them. Makin' 'em yourself, and getting a smooth, easy motion out of it, that's a trick."
He shut off the projector and nodded to the students. "So. Get to work."
Eliot was still considering this a personal victory.
"Hope you all had fun last week," he said. "Even if you were a bit disappointed you were throwin' the food instead of eating it. This week I thought we'd get back to basics a little, and focus back in on woodworking. We've done a bit with moving parts already, but for the most part that's been with kits or found materials. Today we're gonna create our own, and put together some wooden toys. Now I know you all have probably outgrown these sorts of things by a fair distance. Some of ya probably never even played with a simple wood toy growin' up at all, for whatever reason. But even a simple toy, like a wood push toy," Eliot displayed a pair of pictures of sleek, modern wood toys on the projection screen, "can have real artistry in it. The key in that case is not to get too fancy. Make yourself a nice simple shape, with two symmetrical sides, four wheels, and if you like, a pole or leash for a kid to push or drag it around with. Or if that sounds a bit too easy for ya, you could branch out, try your hand at something with more joints in it." This time it was a wood robot, anthropomorphic and posable. "You can go for simple pin hinges, or if you want to get fancy, give carving a ball-and-socket a whirl. And of course, if you really want to get fancy," this time he called up a video showing a piece with multiple wooden parts in action, "you can start working with mechanics and gears. All wood, mind you. That's your real challenge here. It's easy enough to find some gears out in the junkyard or pull 'em from a workin' machine and repurpose them. Makin' 'em yourself, and getting a smooth, easy motion out of it, that's a trick."
He shut off the projector and nodded to the students. "So. Get to work."
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Fascinating and fun, though. Even if she wasn't going to be able to manage to create anything terribly elaborate by the end of class.
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Yes. It absolutely was. OMG, tiny Bella, calm down. Simplify. Or at least draw your damn spider from the side instead of the front so it doesn't end up with two faces.
*throws hands in the air*
(Also I nearly forgot to do class this week because I decided my xmas present to my sibling had to involve diy silkscreening. I have learned nothing.)