When I was planning my senior project I knew I wanted to make something I could keep and use for myself but I wasn’t quite sure who would be my mentor. Then I thought it would be special to do something like this with my grandpa who is now 84 years old and has 40+ years of experience with construction. He even built his home that he and my grandmother are living in today, in 1954. My grandpa started making canes for himself, to donate and just for fun and I thought it will be cool to make myself a cane and customize it with designs. Before starting my project, I had no previous knowledge of working with wood or heavy machinery. The only time I worked with wood was hammering a nail into a wooden wall. Now after I have completed my project, I know how to stain and varnish wood, use a table saw, stationary sander, wood burner and a drill press machine.
To start my project we first had to buy some supplies such as vinyl pads, rubber tips, 3ft long and ¾ in. wide dowelling and a 3ft, 1 ¼ in wide handrail. Then, we began making my cane. First, my grandpa explained to me what a table saw is and then demonstrated how I would be using it to make my handle. The first thing we did was set the miter gauge at 90 degrees and put a magnet block on the table vertically from the miter gauge and 4 ¼ in away. Now we turn the saw on. I have to firmly hold the handrail against the miter gauge and slide it over until it is against the magnet block. Next I slowly slide the miter gauge and handrail up going past the magnet block and then over the blades. Once my handrail is cut I can turn off the blades. After that we head over to the stationary sander with my 4 ¼ in handle. Before starting my grandpa instructs me on what it does, why we will be using i...
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...ss. Before we would start on a machine, he would tell me the name, what it did, how to turn it on and how to safely use it. I think the only thing I could have improved was filling the entire body of the cane with designs; there are some places where I could have added more. I thought my project was very meaningful; I got to do it with my grandpa who is getting very old and am glad I got to spend time doing this with him. The outcome of my cane is greater than I anticipated it to be and I am very satisfied with it.
I believe this was a great learning experience; I did something I have never done before and learned a lot not only about working with wood and the machines but about myself. I learned how much patience I actually have and how much I love working with wood. I enjoyed every process of making my cane and in the future I can see myself making this a hobby.
There is a newly wedded couple who has decided it is time for them to move out their small apartment and buy their own home. They go house hunting, and after seeing two homes they find this house that they feel is the home of their dreams yet it lacks some of the extra luxury things they feel is needed. They decide to purchase the house. They move in two months later and go straight to work. They knock out walls, change the flooring, add a pool, new appliances, remodel the bathroom, new central air and heat system, everything to fit their desired needs. After months of renovation the house is finally complete. They throw a house warming party to celebrate. Life is great for the couple.
Two important, mighty Asian empires in history are the Ottoman Empire and the Ming China. These two empires are in totally different areas of Asia – the Ottomans were in the very west, the Chinese were in the oriental east. Therefore, these two empires, naturally, formed completely different cultures. However, surprisingly, these empires had many parts in common as well. The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty had both many different and distinct parts, as well as many similarities.
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I visited the Ronald McDonald House on September 15, to meet a family that was staying there because they had a very ill child. I was there to interview Mr. and Mrs. Davis who’s had their five-year-old son, John was at Children’s Mercy Hospital. The Davis family was there because John has leukemia and needed chemotherapy. When I first met John, I was at a loss for words. I saw a five-year-old boy that didn’t have any hair (like me) and was thin like a cable wire. I thought it was great that John got to say with his family on good days. What amazed me so much was his spirit and thrust for life. Because they had faith in their little boy getting better, his parents were very much the same. I asked them what made them so upbeat and positive. They told me that they were getting the best treatment around and being close to him everyday really helped. I didn’t quite understand what they meant and asked them to explain. They told me that staying at the RMH with their son meant everything to the whole family. Instead of being in a hospital bed, or hotel room, the Davis’s kept close and were able to do everything that a family would do. Such things included playing with toys, having meals together, taking walks, enjoying closeness with one’s family, and all in the comfort of a home.
As a species, humanity, henceforth, people, will never go out of business, but as individuals and specified groups, people can and will fail, because people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan. In the modern society, it has become mandatory that all high school seniors are required to complete and present a “Senior Project,” to show the world that they can be taken seriously. Covering these points will include: what the project is, examples of different advocators of the project, and the different viewpoints of why it is useful verses why it is not.
The script opens with a POV shot of a car driving during a thunderstorm. The driver briefly takes his eyes off the road. The screen cuts to black as we hear a horrific car crash.
These were the first tools I ever added to my garage, and they were bought at Walmart and on Ebay -the stores that offer some of the cheapest woodworking tools. I was motivated to buy these tools when I watched a hobbyist crave his own traditional bow and arrow. The transformation of an ordinary wood plank into a deadly weapon capable of projecting an arrow over 140 fps entranced my middle school mind. When I finally started to build my own bow, the teeth on the tools were frustratingly blunt and skidded on my red oak board. To add to the burden, I had no way to secure the board down; “a bench vise would be nice,” I remembered thinking. Although I severely lacked woodworking tools, I endured the hours of slow progress and crafted a unsymmetrical and barely functional bow. Even now, I treasure this creation because it reminds me of my driven mindset, the mindset that I know can overcome any disadvantage or
Ever since I was little I would go to the garage where Dad would be working on things. I had my own spot with hammers, nails, and scrap wood. I also enjoyed building things out of Lego’s. When I was in fifth grade I saw my Dad welding so I ask him to show me and he said, “I will but not on this because I had rather you start on something not so important.” I agreed so later on that week he taught me how to weld. I did many odd jobs around the shop welding on things.
It takes time to become skilled in the craft of woodworking. The nice thing about working up to that expert craftsman level is you will be able to build some really nice furniture for you and your family to enjoy. Imagine building a custom coffee table or grandfather clock and having it sit in your living room. It will be a topic of conversation whenever you have friends come over to visit. They will ask: How did you make it? Where
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Woodworking, a form of carpentry, has been around for centuries and overtime developed into a more modern art. Today people will mostly see woodwork in homes in the form of furniture and decorations, or even smaller things such as family heirlooms passed down by generations and simple crafts made by younger generations. The skill of woodworking, however, is not inherited but takes practice and years of experience to fully master. Even experienced woodworkers run into challenges sometimes. The key is to overcome that obstacle and find different ways to create something new from a piece of wood. It is interesting to see and go through the process in which a woodworker goes through
When it comes time for retirement, many try to take on a hobby to keep them busy and boredom free. For those who are crafty and enjoy working with their hands, carpentry is a great one to get into. However, before diving into it blindly, a bit of research is needed to insure it is something that peaks interest. Otherwise, starting will become a big waste of time. To be able to understand and develop basic knowledge in carpentry, one must become familiar with what carpentry is, the several different techniques used, and the many tools involved.
The process in which woodworking goes through is very time consuming and depends not only on the worker but also the expected product.
The new woodworker would possibly find themselves having to learn how to use drills, desk saws, routers, band saws, jigsaws, and random orbital sanders - those all look like sufficient matters to learn about to make your head spin - however in truth thru taking one step at a time knowledge quickly accumulates.
A few months ago I was at my local hardware store looking for some door hinges because the day before one of the doors in my house fell off the wall because the hinges were put on poorly, but when I was shopping for some new hinges, out the corner of my eye I saw some random guy pick up a small wooden side table and I thought to my self where did carpentry start. So, I researched what sort of people used it, the technology that had, and the sort of things they made. These are the things I found.