WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2014

Today was the most productive lesson I have ever had! I had a lot of fun at the same time! I finished what I was supposed to, in 55 minutes! As soon as I entered the class I got out all the wood and booked for the scroll saw after 3 people! Then I used the coping saw to try and cut the grove joints. Unfortunately it was not looking neat, so I decided to wait and use the scroll saw. As usual, people were not following the queue for the scroll saw. But today, I waited for my turn which came very soon! I hate it when people skip the line and not follow the rules! I cut one part of the grove joint and left the other part as people behind me were fussing a lot! After that, I went to sir and talked to him a little about the "cool" joints! Okay! Now I need to explain what the "cool" joints are!  There are two parts. One has an extension and the other has a empty removed part. At the end, I have to make sure, the extension part goes into the empty, cut out part! It is something like a mortise and tenon joint! Then I drill a hole through it and piece and tooth pick so that I use it as a joint to open and close the lid of the box. In other words, the toothpick will allow the joint to rotate (flip). I had taken a toothpick to school as a sample and realized that they are a little too thick. So sir told me to use a sand paper and make it thinner. I was not the one who drilled the hole because I was too scared that I might break both the blade and my wood piece! After a lot of convincing, Waffles agreed the drill the hole.  I somehow felt magical today! I enjoyed the whole lesson and look forward to such productive lessons in the future! Here is a picture explaining the technique: 

It looks something like this except that it is made out of wood and the center part is  a tooth pick allowing to to flip!