oil stone case

we were given 2 peices of d4s timber at 300mm long. d4s= dressed 4 sides. and told to turn them into the oil stone case that was on the instruction sheet.  once i had marked the stone size onto the wood i chiseled around the edge about 3mm inside the my mark to keep the edge from chipping off. to do this i used a rule and pencil to mark out the messurements and to guide me where to chisel and how deep to go. after chiseling the center out for the stone to sit in i did the same with the top peace of timber exactly the same. the bottom of case had to be pressure tight to keep the stone in and the top of the case was 1mm looser so the stone was easy to access. after case was made i put the top peace back in the vice to plane the top to make it prezentable and so it matched the task sheet. the messurments were 35mm in center form each end and then planed 5mm 45degree pitch ether side of center.

HAND TOOLS WE USED :

-hammer
-chizle
-pencil
-rule
-plane
-vic

water level

A water level is a device used for matching elevations of locations that are too far apart for a spirit level to span. The simplest water level is a section of clear tubing, partially filled with water. Water is easily procured for use, and easily discarded after use. The ends are held vertical, and the rest of the tubing lies on the ground or floor. The water level at each end of the tube will be at the same elevation, whether the two ends are adjacent or far apart. Water levels have been used for many years. The water level is lower tech than the laser level, but it can be more accurate over long distances. To avoid error, all of the water should be at the same temperature. Other sources of error include difficulty reading due to meniscus
If the water level is used often, dye can be added to the water to make it easier to see. If the water level is used outdoors in winter, antifreeze can be added to the water.

flooring

At course today we started off by marking out the 1st sheet for the flooring. we set up string lines along the joists at 1250mm and then we blocks to keep the line straight off the peaces of partical board. after we got the 1st peace nailed down using 65mm angle grove floorig nails we stung the next peace up next to it and carryed on right down to the other end. once we got to the far end of the house we turned around and went back the other way so that we could stagger the joints. the peaces were joined in tounge and groove pattern. each peace had to be glued along the joists with gorilla grip express glue.
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nailing for the flooring had to be nailed in at 150mm spacing around the outside and 200mm spacing throuhg the middle.

hand tools used :
-hammer
-knife
-square
-pencil
-8mtape

power tools used :
-nail gun
-skill saw

framing exercise

Today i started off by being late and had to do push ups. after that we were finishing off the framing exercise that cam had asigned for us. the exercise was to build a frame for a shelf. to do this we used a tape messure and rule to get correct messurements, the radial arm saw to cut the peaces of wood into the wright messurments to fit into the metal stands and a nail gun to nail all the peaces together. the framing was 1700 by 800 with 600 centers.

joists and bearers

finishing the bearers from yesterday and starting the joists. we started setting out the boundry joists where they had to sit on the edge of the bearers. we tacked each end of the joists so we could the hit each corner a square it up. after that we got put into groups an got given seperate jobs. me an eru got given the cutting job on the radial arm saw. i chaecked the end on the joists for sqaure and if they were algood i mark out 7190mm an cut it. the joists then were put inside the boundry joists an tacked at each end 450 centeres the whole way. using 4inch galvinised nails.after lucnch i got put onto making the man hle in the linen cupboard, i started by looking at the plans and transfering them onto the boundry joists. then i measured an marked out the hole i needed to cut out an pulled the joists back out ct out my 600mm hole +90mm+90mm which is to compensate for the doulble joist to that was needed to make it abit stronger. i measured an worked out what the gap in the middle on the double joists was an cut 4 bits at 807mm to fit inbetween.
nailed them together marked out with my tape an square where thay needed to sit to be square an naled it all up. In the aftanoon we did abit of maths in the e shed, we learnt more on the measurments of a circle and the correct terms for all of the particulars, eg: radious, diamiter, pie, and the volume. we finished off the day with this blog sesh.

hand tools used :
-hammer
-pencil
-1m rule
-8m tape
-sqaure

power tools used:
-radial arm saw
-paslode nail gun