after i chiseled out all of the groves i fitted all my legs and screwd it all together. i then made sure all of the legs were even and secured my front and back brace plates to hold it all in the right position. i then sanded down and finished my work.

the hardest thing about the project was trying to chisel out my groves and the legs so that they fit in flush together and my project stood up straight. this took a little bit of trial and error after a mistake but worked out in the end.

progress

In the past three days i have started making my saw stool.

First i drew a plan of my saw stool to scale. i used a set square, a tape, a ruler, a pencil and a bevel for the angles. i managed to get through this pretty easily without any problems.

Next thing i did was made some practice legs and fitted it to a practice body. to do that i had to use my bevel to get the right angles for the grooves in the legs. i used a saw and a chisel to cut it out. at first i found the steps confusing but after some advice i managed to complete the test leg.

When i was confident with the practice stool i started making my proper one. after i marked out all of the correct angles i then chiseled and hacksawed to cut out the groves.

after my tops of my legs were complete i started marking out the body. this was abit confusing because there is opposite sides. when i get this checked my next step will be to cut out the grooves for it.

what i did today

Today we started off in the workshop. our first project we had to make was housing joints.

There was three differant types of housing we used. they were tongued housing, through housing and stopped housing.

When i finished the housing joints i started making my first halving joint.

what tools i used

The tools i used today were: wooden mallet, tape measure, pencil, hammer, drill, chisel, square, scribe.

what i did well/not well

The things i did well today include marking out properly, chiseling out and drilling holes.

The things i didnt do well. i chiseled the wrong end of the wood and blew the back out so i had to start over. i also chipped my wood afew times and some peices i cut wern't very straight.

maual handling

correct tecnique

incorrect technique

favorite job
my favorite job is hanging doors because it has the most variety of work using both drills and nail guns. also it is not usuall in awkward positions.

worst job
my worst job would have to be floor mould because i am squating down constanly in dust and it is simle and boring.

what i do in a normal day

i am fitting out portables.

in a normal days work i will:

• nail in demould and floor mould.
• screw in all bathroom fittings, coat hooks, cabnets, ect
• fit furniture into rooms: tv shelve, writing desks, cupboards
• put in window and door trims
• hang doors
• silicon gaps in trims
• put up transit walls for transportation.