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fandomhigh2018-09-03 06:33 am
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Shop Class; Monday, First Period [09/03].
"Morning, class!" Amaya was far too chipper for a Monday morning, really, and she was likely to be like this every Monday morning, so have fun with that. "Hope you had a good weekend, but I also hope you're ready to get back to work! We'll be using some of this fancy equipment today, so please help yourself to some caffeine if you need it."
Or maybe some diazepam if you were Beaker.
"Now, a quintessential shop class project," Amaya continued, "or so I'm told because we didn't have anything like this back when I went to school, is a bird house. Now, some of you in my last construction class already did bird houses, so you might have a leg up, but we're still doing something a little different. We're actually going to give it a little Fandom Island spin and what we'll be making are actually squirrel houses. You may be asking yourself, but what makes it different?, and the answer to that question is simple:
"Booze. It's booze."
She started to hand out copies of her blueprints and instructions, and then got out the prototype she'd made in advance as she explained. "The idea behind the squirrel house is to have a little place to entice the radio squirrels into when you might want some privacy or to ensure that someone you say or do doesn't make the broadcast. And we all know the best way to bribe those squirrels into secrecy is with a little bit of booze. So you'll notice the interior here is set up almost like a bar, where the squirrel can mosey on up inside, and we're going to include this little feeder bottle-like apparatus where you take one of these individual-size bottles of booze," she held one up as an example-rum, of course!, "put it in upside down like thus, and now the squirrel can go inside, go up to the bottle, and have himself a little drink while you go about your business without its tiny little nose all up in it."
A project involving booze and bribing squirrels with it. Did it get any more Fandom than that?
"I'm having you guys attempt to build this from start to finish," she informed them, "which means following the blueprints carefully to trace out the pattern on the wood, and then using these table saws to cut them before we put them together. And since these table saws are dangerous, let's take a second to go over how they're used. And remember, gloves and goggles whenever using any of the equipment. Safety first!"
As she demonstrated how to use the saw and peppered it with safety details, she added, "If you have any reservations about using the power saw, people don't hesitate to ask for help or try a more traditional saw."
...Beaker.
"For the holes, we're going to use a drill and a jigsaw, which is a good alternative if the table saw makes you a little nervous," and she demonstrated that as well, "and then we're going to go old-fashioned when we nail these pieces together, with a good ol' fashioned hammer. And if you find yourself with some extra time, you can sand it up, make it look nice, trim off some of your rough edges, and there you go! Your very own squirrel house!"
"Any questions before we get started?"
Or maybe some diazepam if you were Beaker.
"Now, a quintessential shop class project," Amaya continued, "or so I'm told because we didn't have anything like this back when I went to school, is a bird house. Now, some of you in my last construction class already did bird houses, so you might have a leg up, but we're still doing something a little different. We're actually going to give it a little Fandom Island spin and what we'll be making are actually squirrel houses. You may be asking yourself, but what makes it different?, and the answer to that question is simple:
"Booze. It's booze."
She started to hand out copies of her blueprints and instructions, and then got out the prototype she'd made in advance as she explained. "The idea behind the squirrel house is to have a little place to entice the radio squirrels into when you might want some privacy or to ensure that someone you say or do doesn't make the broadcast. And we all know the best way to bribe those squirrels into secrecy is with a little bit of booze. So you'll notice the interior here is set up almost like a bar, where the squirrel can mosey on up inside, and we're going to include this little feeder bottle-like apparatus where you take one of these individual-size bottles of booze," she held one up as an example-rum, of course!, "put it in upside down like thus, and now the squirrel can go inside, go up to the bottle, and have himself a little drink while you go about your business without its tiny little nose all up in it."
A project involving booze and bribing squirrels with it. Did it get any more Fandom than that?
"I'm having you guys attempt to build this from start to finish," she informed them, "which means following the blueprints carefully to trace out the pattern on the wood, and then using these table saws to cut them before we put them together. And since these table saws are dangerous, let's take a second to go over how they're used. And remember, gloves and goggles whenever using any of the equipment. Safety first!"
As she demonstrated how to use the saw and peppered it with safety details, she added, "If you have any reservations about using the power saw, people don't hesitate to ask for help or try a more traditional saw."
...Beaker.
"For the holes, we're going to use a drill and a jigsaw, which is a good alternative if the table saw makes you a little nervous," and she demonstrated that as well, "and then we're going to go old-fashioned when we nail these pieces together, with a good ol' fashioned hammer. And if you find yourself with some extra time, you can sand it up, make it look nice, trim off some of your rough edges, and there you go! Your very own squirrel house!"
"Any questions before we get started?"
Sign In - Shop Class, 09/02.
Re: Sign In - Shop Class, 09/02.
Re: Sign In - Shop Class, 09/02.
Re: Sign In - Shop Class, 09/02.
Re: Sign In - Shop Class, 09/02.
During the Lecture - Shop Class, 09/02.
Re: During the Lecture - Shop Class, 09/02.
Was he also nervous about all those spinny blade? Uhhh, maybe, yeah, a bit.
The whole thing about the squirrels and the booze was still kind of weird, but the project seemed simple enough. Not imagining he'd ever have a use for such a house, though, he wondered if maybe he could just rush through getting it done and then spend the rest of the class period just running things through the table saw.
Re: During the Lecture - Shop Class, 09/02.
Class Activity - Shop Class, 09/02.
Hopefully, by the end of the class, you have something that vaguely resembles a house in which squirrels can get drunk in.
Re: Class Activity - Shop Class, 09/02.
He was also using the traditional saw because fuzzy Muppet fingers flying around was probably traumatizing for everyone.
Talk to Amaya - Shop Class, 09/02.
OOC - Shop Class, 09/02.
Growing up, he always told us it was from his mom catching him picking his nose, though.
As you would expect, this uncle's name is indeed Bob.