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fandomhigh2024-01-30 05:44 am
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Shop Class; Tuesday, Fourth Period [01/30].
Amaya was definitely a morning person who might have actually preferred her classes being a bit earlier in the day, but she was feeling very grateful for the fourth period time slot today! But she was also pretty excited about the lesson today, too, so she was going to eagerly get right to it.
"Now I know last week's class wasn't the most...productive," she said, "and I know I didn't go into depth with a lot of the tools like I would usually like to under....less difficult circumstances, but a lot of them are pretty simple, and I hope you got the general gist of everything regardless. If you have any further questions, you know I'll be happy to go over them, and we've got one more big tool class today before we start getting into individual projects proper, but trust me, this is a good one. Because today, we're going to be talking about welding!
"For those of you unfamiliar, welding is, essentially, when you take heat and fire to fuse pieces of metal together! It's a pretty simple concept, really, where the heat melts the metal, and, when it cools, they form together. There are a few different ways to go about welding, but one of the most popular and easiest....and what we'll likely use most in this class...is the welding torch and there's a few different variations of those, as well, and we'll go over some of them and how to use them, and then we'll....well, get to use them!
"But," here she grinned a little, looking over the class to see if anyone knew where she was already going with this...a pointed look at Beakerassuming he was there omg when she passed over him might help if you weren't actually sure, "...before we get into any of that, we, of course, have to talk about safety! Welding can be a lot of fun, but it can also be pretty dangerous if you're not careful, with risks not only from the fire and the hot metal, but for your eyes, as well, and even your lungs, as the chemical processes can release harmful gases and vapors into the air. Metal work is pretty serious business, so you've always got to be careful if you want to keep doing it in any capacity!
"And once we're done with all that, you'll have the rest of class to work on your welding. We've got a lot of scrap metal here, and so see what you can weld together to make something interesting! I'll show you how to make a scrap metal dragonfly as an example or jumping off point, but the only limit is your own imagination!
"Well," Amaya amended, a beat later, "and I guess what we actually have for scrap metal, but you get the idea. Right, then." She nodded, pounded her fist into her palm. "Let's get to it."
"Now I know last week's class wasn't the most...productive," she said, "and I know I didn't go into depth with a lot of the tools like I would usually like to under....less difficult circumstances, but a lot of them are pretty simple, and I hope you got the general gist of everything regardless. If you have any further questions, you know I'll be happy to go over them, and we've got one more big tool class today before we start getting into individual projects proper, but trust me, this is a good one. Because today, we're going to be talking about welding!
"For those of you unfamiliar, welding is, essentially, when you take heat and fire to fuse pieces of metal together! It's a pretty simple concept, really, where the heat melts the metal, and, when it cools, they form together. There are a few different ways to go about welding, but one of the most popular and easiest....and what we'll likely use most in this class...is the welding torch and there's a few different variations of those, as well, and we'll go over some of them and how to use them, and then we'll....well, get to use them!
"But," here she grinned a little, looking over the class to see if anyone knew where she was already going with this...a pointed look at Beaker
"And once we're done with all that, you'll have the rest of class to work on your welding. We've got a lot of scrap metal here, and so see what you can weld together to make something interesting! I'll show you how to make a scrap metal dragonfly as an example or jumping off point, but the only limit is your own imagination!
"Well," Amaya amended, a beat later, "and I guess what we actually have for scrap metal, but you get the idea. Right, then." She nodded, pounded her fist into her palm. "Let's get to it."