day one - 3/3/09
First day,the morning was spent doing introductions, paper work and induction to campus and workshops .
We were then required to do a worksheet on the safety points of the workshop, eg. cut off switches, fire extinguisher & fire exits.
The afternoon was workshop time to test our joinery skills. I was asked to make 3 types of rebated joints. I had to mark out the cuts to be made and using a tennon saw cut down each side of wood to be removed and then chisel out the wood. The rebates had to be tight & neat. I then trimmed up, sanded and finished off.
My joinery skills are not great, need more practice I think.
Next project is to make dove tail, corner & tee halving rebates.

Day 2 - 4/3/09
Spent the morning in the workshop doing more joinery. I cut out dove tail & butt joints with a tennon saw & chiseled out excess wood. Put joints together & checked for tightness & then screwed together with wood screws to hold in place. All surfaces sanded & arrised and pencil marks sanded off.
I spent the afternoon in the classroom doing measurements & calculation workbook.

Day 3 - 5/3/09
Once again morning spent in the workshop. I began the saw stool project.
Step 1: draw a plan on paper of the stool to scale of 1:1. Show all 3 views - top, side & end.
Once the plans were drawn & checked a materials list was made an order list was made.
Step 2: practice run was to make a top & 2 legs to practice the reading of the plan & cutting out & chiseling of the legs. I then sanded & finished.
The afternoon was spent in the classroom once again doing calculations. In calculations I am doing basic metric measurment, calculating perimeters, area & volume using formulas.

Day 4 - 6/3/09
In the workshop again in the morning and was given our materials to make our saw stool. Using my plans that were drawn up I set about by transferring measurements and angles onto the wood to be cut out to make each piece of the stool. The top plate rebates were chiseled out to 60mm(wood size) legs were marked and cut out using tennon saw and trimmed up with chisel where necessary.
Legs were fitted to top plate & checked for fitting. Two screw holes were placed at the top of each leg to attach the legs to the top plate. I then screwed the legs onto the top plate & trimmed tops of legs flush with the top of the top plate.
Back to the classroom to do more workbook.