junior carpenters 3-day reflection

In our group I am really proud because we have finished cutting, so now all we have to do is nail and paint. i forgot to mention that we still have to cut a whole for the corn bags to go through, so we can actually play the game. Also we did a great job measuring, we probably measured at least 8 times too make sure it was perfect. some of the times we metered the teachers measured it so it was even more preside.It was amazing we were so good at the cutting we only had two mistakes which meant we only had to cut 2 extra times! which wasn't a big deal because it also only took 5 extra minutes. To practice cutting we used hand saws which were a little hard to use and they were slow which meant it took a little longer to cut. when we actually were stating to build we used a saw called a Mitre saw which is a saw that has a circle blade and that is powered by electricity and to cut all you do is push on the lever then push down on the handle which makes it cut in the wood. using a hand saw probably takes about 5 to 10 minutes to cut through but a Mitre saw it only takes about 10 seconds. One bad thing about the Mitre saw is that it very dangerous, well most saws are anyway. One thing that was very helpful were Larry Roseinstock and Mr.Will. Mr.Will works at High Tech Middle Media Arts as a carpenter and as a person who fixes broken things and today March 8, 2008 he talked about how safety is number one when working with a Mitre saw and how he cut three of his fingers off when he was using a Mitre saw and not paying attention and when he first taught his crew how to use a Mitre saw he lectured them for 16 hours about how safety is number 1! like I said also Larry came in who is the fonder of the High Tech High village. he talked about how he build his own bungalow in the canyon by his house. To build it he first built the stairs down to the canyon which took about a year then he build a platform at the bottom of the canyon which took another year, then he build the frame of the bungalow which took another year then at last he finished the bungalow, exterior and interior which also took a year. so in total it took 4 years to build his bungalow and it cost only 11,000 dollars. He also taught us about tools and what they do and what they are called. for example he told us about a nail gun and that some nail guns use 16 penny nails. Lastly he told us a story about the nail gun, the story goes like this a guy had a nail gun hooked on his pants and of course he had his finger on the trigger, by the way this guy was on a latter. Then another guy walks under the guy with the nail gun and the guy on the latter accidentally pulled the trigger and a 16 penny nail when in the guys head. this person is still alive but he is not as good as math as he was before the accident and you have to be really good at math to do carpentry.