Thursday, January 10, 2013

Mentorship up date (Day 1)

So sadly I did not realize that I had to be keeping track of my hours and writing what I have been doing during my mentorship. So today I am going to explain everything Ive done in the past and continue to update it from here on out.
So for my mentorship, I usually do it at home in my garage where my dad has his small wood shop. Every day I go to the wood shop and I devote 1-2 a day Monday- Thursday. Then on Saturdays and Sundays it is either 1-3 hours. So weekly, thats anywhere from 6-14 hour, but on average, I usually have about 10 hours a week. I've been doing this since November 1, 2012, and I recently began working with David Wade in early December. Here at Home, I usually work with my dad as he shows me how to use certain tools, how to be safe while working, how to do joinery, how to finish, which finishes to use, how to design, pretty much everything he knows. We recently finished putting a frame on the attic entrance on the ceiling two saturdays ago (December 29, 2012). So every day, I go back there for at least an hour and I work on what he tells me to work on, he is always with me showing me how to work neat and clean and teaching me how to enhance my techniques which has really paid off. I have learned how to properly use a planer, how and most importantly when to use a chisel, how to use the ban saw, a router, how to sand, how to read the grain of a wood, how to mix finishes together, which woods are good for what, how to cut the wood, different joinery, how to angle the edges of the wood, and soon i will be learning how to curve the wood.
So thats pretty much what I have done so far, I apologize for not updating my blog so often but I will start from here on forward.

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