bcats sawhorse

 

Manufacture of a Sawhorse using Hand tools  for my Building Construction  Industry Trades Organization qualification.

In term 1 2021 I learnt how to use hand tools to manufacture a Saw Horse to a specific size from a set of drawings . This took about 6 weeks (24 hrs) I will explain how to make a saw horse in this blog post

Here is my finished project.

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This project was made by using hand tools only. No powered tools were used apart from a battery powered drill to drill the holes for the screws.

I enjoyed … measuring out the dimensions and marking it out…………. the most

I found ……that planing the angle on the legs of to fit in ……….the most difficult part. I overcame this by……using a 15degree angle bit of wood to set the leg at the same angle each time…………………….

To make a saw horse I carried out the following processes.

Use Identify/describe explain to provide evidence .Please highlight the tools used , how to use the correctly and t any safety tips for tools or any checks to prevent errors. 

Include photos  or digital footage at every opportunity

• Marking out the top.

in this photo i was marking the top out using a ruler and a a sliding bevel unfortunately i was unable to take a photo 

• Cutting the joints

• in this photo i was cutting out the joint using a saw to cut the joint in to sections to allow me to chisel the joint out. After this we smoothed it out using the chisel to smooth the joint this process was repeated this process for the other 3 joints

In the photo i am chiseling the joint out 

• Hand sawing the leg ends.

• Unfortunately i had a video but the video but the video was not working  but  i had marked out the end that was 15 degrees around the top of the leg  the i cut it with the 

• Marking out / planing the legs

in this photo i am marking the 15 degree angle to plane

• Fixing the legs

In this photo i was 

Attaching the legs

With screws

• Attaching the end piece and support.

• I was only able to get a photo of cuting the support piece 

At the end of the blog ask a question so they can reply 

Blake

 i am appling for a inspire blake week long scholarchip

some info about it

Students will work together with scientists, environmental experts and a diverse range of leaders and other like-minded students throughout the week to help them develop strong leadership skills while learning about topical environmental issues and how these can be tackled.

Participation, adventure and learning are all key requirements for delegates. They will take part in environmental and marine science activities and visit businesses and local organisations to learn about what they are doing to reduce their impact on the environment.

tools used in the work

 Carpenters pencil a carpenters pencil is flat to stop in rolling away 

Marking guage a marking gauge is used to mark a piece of wood using a metal spike . you rest the edge of the wood on the wooden block that can be moved up and down the shaft to a custom length to scribe a line 

Sliding bevel

A sliding bevel is used to mark a angle consistently  it length can also be adjusted for different depths on the wood it is also known as a false square because duplicate angle with out the  angles being at right angles 

Combination square 

A combination square is has a preset 90 and 45 degree square that slides up and down a ruler that can be used for marking depth  and height to make sure something is level you can also you th spirt level

Engineers squarea engineers square , also known as a try square  . the engineers square is used to mark a straight line perpendicular  to the edge of the work  this is used to make sure you work has a straight 90 angle 

Tenon saw. a tenon saw is a back saw designed to rip the wood for cross grain cuts 

vicea  vice is used to hold you work in place so you can keep it still while being able to work on to the vices uses a screw to  clamp the work together

Plane a plane removes a layer of wood to make it flat or to get the wood down to a desired thickness

about differnt timbers

 Task for this week Week 2 (11/2/2021) 

Timber in NZ 

Start it as a word doc. You will be copying and paste into a blog There are 5 parts .

Explain  with a graphic the different parts of a tree’

Show and explain the different parts of the cross section of a trunk.

Briefly explain how trees become timber1.the tree is cut down 

2. The branches are cut off

3. The  wood  is cut into lumber 

4.the wood is fully dried 

5. Then the wood is cut to its final dimensions 

6.then the wood is ready to be sold

Describe explain the different types of cut ( eg  quarter sawn) quarter sawn is when the log  is cut up in to quarters and then cut at 90 degrees 

Give an example of defects in timber Knot: A knot is a naturally-occurring defect in a piece of wood. Knots are circular imperfections caused by a broken-off tree branch. knots may fall out and leave a holewood can also rot and decay this breaks down the this makes the wood lose its strength this is normally caused by moisture

Give examples of timber used in NZ  pine is commonly used in the timber industry in newzealand another example of timber that is used in new zealand is the different types of beech trees there is black beech, red beech, silver beech, hard beech mountain beech  these woods are normaly used for decorative reasons and they all have strong and durable heart wood

english

 

research blog

 in science we made model volcanos and used elephant toothpaste as lava

Method:

1. get 25ml of hydrogen peroxide

2. put it in the bottle then add food colouring and a squirt of soap

3. get 15ml of warm water and add 3 spatula of potassium iodide 

4. mix the warm water and potassium iodide 

5. when ready put warm water and potassium iodide ind with hydrogen peroxide and watch.

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DTE XBOX 360 project

 so far in dte we whave been working on fixing and modify an xbox 360 . so far we have come up with our plan  and our concept design we have remove the dust and completely dissembled it .

we plan on cutting a hole in it hydro dipping it and attaching it to a monitor and making it a semi portable all in 1 Xbox setup.

to far we have fixed the software issuse with the xbox once we had done that we cleaned the dust off once we did that we removed the motherboard from the frame because we were going to hydro dip the frame but we have changed our plan to hydro dip the case and add led lighting and also hydro dip the monitor . we have started cut some of the cover out so that you can see the inner workings we also  plan on making so you can see the disc as it spins

here are some of the concept designs we are using as our inspirations