Intarsia Top - Picture

Once you have chosen your design, enlarge it on a copy machine in the office. It has to be large enough to cover the top but not extend beyond its dimensions. You must simplify it because the pieces will be too small. Once you have the desired design, you will need at least 4 copies.

Intarsia Top

You should start planning your intarsia top. Do an internet research on intarsia and find a picture you like. Another source would be coloring books. Size the picture to the dimensions of your top.

Time is running out!

Since the end of the 1st semester is approaching quickly, I decided to change the requirements of the finger/box joint box. It was to have wooden hinges. I am changing this to store bought hinges. The small brass ones you see at any hardware store. Get ones that are 1" or less in length.

Top 2 - Enameled Top

Wikipedia defines enameling is the colorful result of fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. What does this mean? This is an example of an enameled top box that we are going to make for your finger joint box.

Top 1 - Intarsia

Wikipedia defines Intarsia as a form of wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry. It is the craft of using varied shapes, sizes and species of wood fitted together to create an almost 3-D inlaid, mosaic-like picture. So what does this mean? Here is an example of an intarsia project of a WOLF.

Box or Finger Joint Project

If you were paying attention in class, I moved the due date back until today. Since most of you are still working on your Picture Frame project, I waited until today to post this message. The box or finger joint assignment is just that. Making a box using fingers that attach pieces at the corner of the box. Very simple to do. Very hard to accomplish. Once the four sides are assembled, the bottom is glued using a butt joint as is the top. The top will be made twice. The first top is made using an intarsia technique. The second box top is make using an enameling technique.

Picture Frame due date

Students should be completing their stand for the picture frame project. The completed Picture Frame project is due on November 16, 2007.

William James

"Seek out that particular mental attitude which makes yu feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me." and when yu have found that attitude, follow it."

Memo Box Due Date

The completed memo box is due Friday October 19, 2007. Get ready to make the Picture Frame.

Memo Box materials list

Cut two 14 inch lengths 1 1/2 wide.
Plane them to 3/8 inches thick.
Cut one length so you get two (2) pieces 5 1/4 inches long. This will be your two sides of the memo box.
Cut the other length so yu get three (3) pieces 4 inches long. This will give you a front, back, and top of your memo box.
Put the pieces together and clamp all pieces to form your memo box.
Measure the interior of the box.
Add 1/4 inches to the width and length. This measurement will be the measurement for the bottom.
Cut a groove 1/8 x 1/8 on the bottom of both sides and the front and back. The bottom will sit in this groove.\
Cut bottom to size.

Second Project - Memo Box

The first project was made using hand tools. As you learned how basic hand tools are used, you now get to move past that and progress to using power tools. The most important rule in using power tools is a life skill word and that is "RESPECT." As long as you respect any and all tools, there is no reason that an injury can occur. As easily as power tools can cut wood, it does not distiguish between cutting fingers or cutting wood. In making the memo box, the more your alter the design of the project, the better your grade will be. That does NOT mean that you can change its basic dimensions. The Memo Box still has to be made to the correct specifications (size).

Due Date

The Three Piece Puzzle should be completed and is due on OCTOBER 1, 2007

What not to do when making the Three Piece Puzzle

The most common errors in the production of the Three Piece Puzzle are:
1. not measuring accurately.
2. using too much force when using the hammer on the chisel.

Key Point to remember is finesse. You need to be delicate in your work. This means is a little force is good. This does NOT means that if a little force is good, more is better.

What are we going to make?

The first woodworking project will be a Three Piece Puzzle. This assignment will concentrate on measurement and the use of hand tools. Measurement is a verification that a workpiece conforms to specified tolerances, such as dimensions, colors or textures. What does this mean? It means what size is it! What is its thickness, width, and length.

This project was selected as an example of using the following skills:
1. Measurement - using a ruler graduated to the 1/16 inch.
2. Layout - knowing where to cut your wood.
3. Using hand tools:
Marking gauge
Hammer
Chisel
Clamp
File (optional)
Coping Saw
Awl
Brace and Bit
4. Developing hand and eye coordination and taking the soft approach to woodworking.


The second woodworking project will be a memo box. This box will concentrate on butt joint construction. A butt joint
joins the end grain of a piece of wood to the long grain of another.

The following skills are developed and/or reviewed:
1. Measurement
2. Layout
3. Using machine tools
Table saw
Radial arm saw
Scroll saw (optional - depending on the altered design)
Drill press (optional - depending on the altered design)
4. Tools used in project #1
5. Producing a groove and adding a loose bottom


The third woodworking project will be a picture frame. The picture frame will concentrate on half lap joint construction. A half lap joint is where two pieces of stock, which are typically of the same thickness, have half of the material removed so that the two boards fit together.

The following skills are developed and/or reviewed:
1. Measurement
2. Layout
3. Using machine tools
Table saw with different set-ups
Radial arm saw
Scroll saw (optional - depending on the altered design)
Drill press (optional - depending on the altered design)
4. Tools used in project #1
5. Producing half lap joints
6. Producing a dado
7. Producing a tenon

The fourth woodworking project will be a hinged box. This box will use finger joints (sometimes called box joint) with a hinged top. The top will be hinged using a student made wooden hinge. This hinge is similar to a finger joint with a rod or pin to hold the two pieces together. Students will have a choice of tops. Choice #1 is a top that is an intarsia figure. Choice #2 is a top with an enameled piece on it. Choice #3 is a top that has a routed design on it. Choice #4 is a top that is plain. To earn an "A" grade, the top must not be plain.


The fifth project a metalsmithing project. Techniques of metal fabrication includes the use of hand tools for sawing, cutting, filing, shaping, drilling, forming and sanding of metal. The use of riveting and soldering techniques are used to assemble cut metal parts.

Old and New Skills

Wikipedia defines measurement: Measurement in the everyday sense means assigning a number to a physical object, such as thickness, width, and length using a measuring instrument, such as a rule which is calibrated to compare the object to some standard, such as an inch.

In class, measurement is the ability to determine the size of a piece of wood. Its thickness, width, and length. Measurement is done with a ruler and measurement is taken to the 1/16 of an inch.

Woodworking @ New Brighton

Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood. For this class, students will perform tasks to create projects that demonstrate a competence required by the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards of the California Content Standards. It consists of 10 Foundation Standards:

1. Academics - add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbeers, fractions and decimals.

2. Communication - plan and conduct multiple-step strategies in problem solving.

3. Career Planning and Management - understand the nature of entrepreneurial activities.

4. Technology - understand the use of technology to gain access to, manipulate, and produce information, products, and services.

5. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking - Understand the systematic problem-solving models that incorporate input, process, outcome, and feedback components.

6. Health and Safety - understand critical elements of health and safety practices related to storing, cleaning, and maintaining tools, equipment and supplies.

7. Responsibility and Flexibility - understand the importance of accountability and responsibility in fulfilling personal, community, and workplace roles.

8. Ethics and Legal Responsibilities - understand the role of personal integrity and ethical behavior in the workplace.

9. Leadership and Teamwork - understand how to interact with others in ways that demonstrate respect for individual and cultural differences and for the attitudes and feeling of others.

10. Technical Knowledge and Skills - use, store, and allocate materials efficiently, and use space efficiently.