Day Three: The Beginning (Aiden)

Day Three: The Beginning

    Today, our two days of planning and preparing would be put to use and we would start working with the wood that would eventually become our projects. We started the day by going to a lumber shop in the heights by the name of Clark's to pick out the wood we would need, a place that honestly impressed me with the amount and different types of wood that spanned it's eight separate warehouses. While we were there we also got to visit their mill, where we got to take a look at all the different types of machinery and techniques used in professional milling and woodworking, which was a good chance for us to to learn a little more about what Mr. Grisbee taught us at the start of the course. I feel like I learned a lot more about how woodworking is done by professionals, as well as the sheer scale and types of tools they use, which was one thing I had never done any research into before aside from the first day of this A-term.

    After we got to visit the mill at Clark's, we checked out all our wood and headed back to the school where I started making measurements on how I was going to cut my wood. Because we made some small changes to the type and amount of wood we were going to purchase at the lumber store I had some re-planning to do, but in the end I had just enough wood to make it work. With my measurements complete, I got to work cutting my boards, and by the end of the day I had just enough time to cut off and then joint and plane (the jointer and planer are two types of machines used in the process of refining the shape of a board) three boards that would be the main back of my nightstand. Overall I'm excited for tomorrow because I feel like, with a whole day to work on my project, I might be able to make some real progress.


 
Me cutting one of the three boards

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