Lecture Notes

Day 1

Operations: Measurement, cross cutting (using the miter saw)
Milling pipeline
Cuts of wood
Operations: Measuring, cutting
Tools: t square, pencil, Miter saw
Power tool: Miter Saw (MS), aka Sliding Compound Miter Saw (SCMS)
Marking wood
Design workflow. Learn from mistakes.
Plywood
Design tools. Paper, sketch, CAD / modeling. Other: clay, cardboard, foam core.
Safety: No loose hair / clothing / jewelry. Pay attention. Don’t work alone. Review the safety videos.
Personal Protection. Eye, ear, lungs. Woodworking masks vs. infections disease masks; grit size and masks.

Design and layout
Tools: band saw (BS), drill press (DP), random orbital sander (ROS), oscillating spindle sander (OSS), disc sand and belt sander.
Safety: Binding. Where does the machine want to throw the wood? Where will your hands go if the wood disappears?
Sandpaper, grit progression, sanding machines. Clean old grain before progression to new.
From tree to board
Milling multiple pieces
Wood grain. Hand versus power tools. Sandpaper doesn’t care about the grain.
Tools: band saw, drill press, sanding machines
Sawdust in the woodshop. Safety, slippery, and registration.

Tool ontology. See Tools.
Wood grain
Jigs
Screws versus glue. Screws as clamps. Glue cure time.
Router. See safety instructions and “wood is on the left” in Week 2 of Project 1 – Food Tray
Hand tools care about the grain
Tools: table saw (TS), router.
Finishes, food safe, surface appearance
Mask tip: valved masks to prevent fogging