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fandomhigh2018-11-26 06:45 am
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Shop Class; Monday, First Period [11/26].
"'Morning, everyone!" Amaya greeted the class with her usual restrained cheerfulness that just want along with knowing you were going to be spending the next hour hard at work. "Hard to believe that we're coming up on the end of the semester here fairly soon, isn't it? Well, with that in mind, these next two lessons are going to be a bit of a two-parter. We're going to be cracking out our mini-foundries again here next week, where we're going to be making our own molds and casting something with metal melted in our foundries, like we did with the biscuit trays, only this is going to be you deciding what you'll be casting.
"Now, with the method we'll be using, you can use just about anything to press your mold, but what's the fun in using something that's already been made? Today, we're going to be making our models for what we want to make our mold out of, which gives a bit more freedom and fun to what you can make come next week. You're all pretty familiar with the various saws we've got available, you know how to use them safely," or avoid using certain ones for safety, "and wood's a nice, easy material to build stuff out of. So think about what you might like to cast out of metal, make yourself a plan on how to construct it out of wood, and then get to it! If you're uncertain of exactly how to make what you want to make work, just ask and I probably help you figure it out. If you'd like to use a material other than wood, feel free, but we're not looking for anything fancy with these, just something to give us the right shape and form for our molds.
"And that's about it. You all know the drill: grab some coffee if you need it, suit up with your protective gear, and let's get to work! I'm really interested to see what you guys decide to come up with."
"Now, with the method we'll be using, you can use just about anything to press your mold, but what's the fun in using something that's already been made? Today, we're going to be making our models for what we want to make our mold out of, which gives a bit more freedom and fun to what you can make come next week. You're all pretty familiar with the various saws we've got available, you know how to use them safely," or avoid using certain ones for safety, "and wood's a nice, easy material to build stuff out of. So think about what you might like to cast out of metal, make yourself a plan on how to construct it out of wood, and then get to it! If you're uncertain of exactly how to make what you want to make work, just ask and I probably help you figure it out. If you'd like to use a material other than wood, feel free, but we're not looking for anything fancy with these, just something to give us the right shape and form for our molds.
"And that's about it. You all know the drill: grab some coffee if you need it, suit up with your protective gear, and let's get to work! I'm really interested to see what you guys decide to come up with."
Work on your Patterns - Shop Class, 11/26.
And if you can't quite manage to get it the way you want to, Amaya and your other classmates might be able to lend a hand or two.
Re: Work on your Patterns - Shop Class, 11/26.
So, after a lot of thought, he settled on something easier, just making a tiny chair out of wood pieces. That seemed doable, and he had plenty of reference to go by already, right?
... That actually went faster than he'd figured it might, so that was when he started attempting a crooked little zombie to sit in it anyway.
Re: Work on your Patterns - Shop Class, 11/26.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
What could Prompto make out out of wood that would be pretty sweet to be later cast into metal? There were a lot of things that popped into his mind. Too many things, really, but at least most of them were a little too ambitious if you got right down it it, and, after a good deal of waffling around in his head about it and bouncing faintly from the energy of indecision, he finally set to work.
What he wanted to do was small, and he didn't think one small thing would really count< so he decided to do a set of small things, which meant he was working very closely with his wood, nearly bent over his worktable in concentration as he cut and glued little pieces together. That was fine; he was good with little tinkering like this, like getting inside a computer or a phone or a gun, so it put him in a good, productive spot.
Four little objects, all about the side of a large keychain decoration: a crown, a pistol, a sword, and a frying pan.
He almost felt bad that Iggy's was going to wind up being what it was, but honestly, what else would Iggy's be if not a frying pan?? Prompto was sure he'd love it.
Re: Work on your Patterns - Shop Class, 11/26.
He did glue his hair to the wood, somehow, but for Beaker, that was getting off easy, right?