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Thursday/Monday - Edges

Wednesday's Work - Curving Edges

Term 3 Week 6

Before I write about this week I'll write about the end of last week... On wednesday I began rounding the edges. I managed to finish a whole side (exc. the bottom/back). On Thursday I continued roundin the edges, hoping to finish by the end of the day. I accomplished my goal completing one side, the back and the small curve on the back corners. On Monday period 3, I began sanding down the top and bottom of the board, rubbing especially hard on the splatters of epoxy. During the second period (of our double period) I continued my sanding, with the aid of a hand-held belt sander thingy. I also bogged up the chip in my board and now waiting til tomorrow to sand that down. Today I'm blogging and adding more photos. If i have enough time i'm also going to try get more up-to-date with my checklist. Tomorrow I'll be sanding down my newly bogged chip and confirming my design for next week.

Term 3 Week 5

Today I’m blogging (on last week and this week) as we didn’t have any computer periods last week. I’ve updated calendar (today) and posting photos of cutting out the board and sanding it down. Next period we'll be in com 2 (again) and I'll be blogging and maybe solidworks-ing also. Basically i'll try to get up-to-date with my checklist. On Wednesday we'll be doing practical and I'll be sanding down my board. On Thursday I'll be (hopefully) rounding my edges. Next week I hope to start designing my stencil (as I'll be using a stencil/vinyl to complete the graphic on the bottom of my board). Then (over the next couple of weeks) I'll be doing my top and bottom graphics.

Cutting out Board

Term 3 Week 4

This week was all-out practical. On Monday I finished drawing out the board. Then Sam, Kenji and I went into the woodwork room to use the band-saw. Sam went first, getting Terry to cut out his board for no apparent reason. Kenji went second and I held his board still while he cut it out. Then it was my turn. First I cut out the rough shape of the board (not including the curved front). I the trimmed down the side, back and back corners. As I wasn't confident enough to cut out the frontal curves I asked Kenji (who had previous experience with the band-saw) to do it for me. I turned off the band-saw and admired my newly-cut board. I felt as if I had made tonnes of progress in the double period - more than i've ever done before. On Wednesday I was sanding down the board, to makes the straights straight and the curves curved. I managed to sand downn the whole left-hand side of the board to the drawn line (as there was excess from the cutting). On Thursday I was doing the same thing (but this time working on the right-hand side). I am hoping to finish sanding (still have to round edges) this week.

Drawing Up Board Shape

Removing Clamps from Board

Term 3 Week 3

On thursday I took out my board from its clamps. It hadn't retained the mould shape very well, for example i had planned to loft the kicktail by 4cm but it turned out only as 2cm. Also When one of the clamps came off, it took out a chunk of ply wood (see pics), which doesn't look too good. However Terry said i could bog it up. Otherwise I was impressed with my handiwork. Also on thursday we dismantled our moulds (Kenji first, followed by me) so we could re-use the screws, and we binned the mould pieces. I personally think that this wasn't a good idea because if our board gets destroyed or ruined we would be unable to make a new one.
On Monday I began to draw out my actual board shape (1/1 scale) on the recently laid deck (see photos). I found the back half really easy but the front curve was difficult. I free-handed one half of the curve and used a grid method to mirror the other half. Today I'll be blogging (reflections, adding photos etc) and calender-ing. Tomorrow I hope to finish drawing the shape onto my board. And next week I hope to begin cutting it out.