Day 2: Brainstorming (Nate Savarese)

 What did you do today?

Today I got to school around lunchtime so only had half a day to work on my project. I made a more in-depth drawing of my dog house and decided to use walnut plywood for the walls. Then I put together a price list, materials list, and shopping list for my build. I already knew that there were many different types of wood, but today I learned that there are a lot more than I thought. After I decided to use plywood, I learned that there were many different types of plywood such as polished plywood, lumber core plywood, and many others. I decided to get the lumber core plywood because it is cheaper than the others, but it still looks as nice and is still very strong.

What did you learn?

I learned how to label different qualities of wood, and what they mean, such


as the size, the quality, the shape, and how they were processed

What was a challenge you encountered?

Staying within my budget

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