Year 9 & 10 Timber Projects

 Year 10 Timber Projects

Semester 2 has seen Year 10 Timber class build and design their own foldable serving tray. The tray is designed to fit over a person's lap comfortably so they can work on their laptop whilst on the couch or eat a meal while sitting up in bed. The tray has foldable legs for storage reasons and should fit most cupboards comfortably as it is the size of a large chopping board. The students needed to design and create their own inlay to personalise the top of their serving tray as well. Many students cut and chiseled out great looking multicoloured borders and simple flower shapes, some even designed logos of their favourite football clubs to go on their serving tray. The students cut the hole for the inlay using a trimer, being careful to use guides to cut straight edges where possible. Shapes were then cut out using offcuts of bluegum, blackbutt, ash and jarrah before using resin to glue the inlay pieces in. A final finish was applied to complete their project. From the pictures, you can see we have some very talented Year 10's!

Year 9 Timber Projects

Students in Year 9 have finished building their bedside tables. The table has a shelf and a  drawer, and is designed to be the same height as an average bed to allow for ease of placement of your phone and wallet. The student's even designed and created their own handles for the table. Students learnt how to construct internal rails and supports for this job. They also learnt how to use a domino machine and compared this method to a rebate and housing joint from their last project. Those students who completed their work then applied a finish or a stain to their project . The students were quite proud of what they were able to produce. I can say as a teacher, I was very pleased with the attention to detail from the students. Students were careful to get measurements accurate and set a high standard for their work. As the students have learnt over this year, "If you're asking if that's enough sanding, the answer is always No! " (My usual line that the students have grown to expect). But I can honestly say we have more students applying themselves and looking to become master craftsmen and master craftswomen, and less and less satisfied with just becoming wood butchers.

Darcy Harland | Technical & Applied Studies