HW! 03/Refection

Day Three
Reflection!

The last three days!

by Lena Hilliard

Dear Gaga Pit Builder,

I hear that you need tips on building a Gaga Pit, so I will be telling you about the last three days of building two walls of a Gaga Pit.

The last three days have been fun, yet somewhat painful. For example, I got to use a hand saw. I thought it would be easy, but it wasn't . Sawing was hard and it took forever to saw through one piece of wood. By the time I was done, I was so tired I almost had to take a nap. When using the electrical saws today, I was a little afraid, but it was quite easy. Unfortunately, the saw dust started spraying into my eyes. That made it difficult to see what I was doing. I got three splinters in my hand yesterday. Sawing the wood pieces was very tiring. During the ride home from school, I took a nap.

You ask, what was the fun part? Ask me on the last day of intersession. Hopefully by that time, I will have an answer.

Now you know the first few steps of making a Gaga pit. When you put together that 8 foot wall, you will think about what I stated above.

Yours Truly

Lena Hilliard

HW! 02

Day Two

Q: When measuring your lumber, what came up, and what did you notice that may make cutting difficult in the future?

A: As I was measuring my lumber I started to realize that none of my pieces of lumber were the right size, and I may have to cut off parts of the wood to get it the right size to work with!

Q: If you had to tech someone how to use a hand saw, what would you say?

A: First I would tell my student to swipe the saw back a few times until there was a smooth line to start sawing with, then I would tell them to keep their head over the saw so they could see both sides of the saw, watch your fingers!

Q: What is the magic number we said ten times and why is it important?

A: The magic number 67.5 is important because that is the number of degrees that we have to cut for the Gaga pit we are making, so remember it!   

HW! 01

Day One

Q: What is the difference between a section veiw and a plan view?



A: The section veiw is when you look at it from the side, and the plan veiw is when you look at it from the top!



Q: What was your safty skit about?



A: It was about not horsing aroud while using dangerous tools!



Q: What is the difference between a saw in the USA and a saw in Japan?



A: Tthe teeth on the USA's saw are slanted one way so that when you push it through the wood it cuts but not when you pull it back, on the Japaniese saw's they are slanted the other way so when you pull it out it cuts but not when you push it in!



Q: What does measure twice cut once mean, and why is it important?



A: It means to check your work more then once and that is important because if you measure once and cut it to short it is a wasted because you messed up, bnut if you measure twice you will find your mistake and cut it the right size!