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The Title: Choosing appropriate materials and marking

Name: Jack Han

Date: November 15, 2012

What I did:

I found appropriate sized pine wood to make holder I marked the material by my final design

Emotion: I was very excited about making new devices with my hands

What next:

Measure the bottom Cut it Glue two parts

AOI: Human Ingenuity because I could learn mechanism of device construction

The Title: Measure and cut each part

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

Measured bottom part Cut the part with bend saw Glued two parts together Made woods smooth with disk sander

Change to my plan: Didn’t able to cut out back bone part

Didn’t able to glue bottom part to the main part

Emotion: Felt unaccomplished by many changes

What next: Cut back bone part Adjust bottom wood

AOI: Human Ingenuity

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Smoothing wood with disk senderThe Title: Find the materials and cut

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

Glued front stopping object I tried to find appropriate material for back part Measure the back part Cut the back Part

1.Change to my plan: I didn’t able to glue the back part

Emotion: I was pretty accomplished because I’ve done every work that I planed

What next: Glue the back part Find the materials for the drawer Measure the parts Cut the bit of the parts



Cutting back-bone materialsThe Title: Cut the back part and fix the errors

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

Measure back part Cut the back part with a tenon saw Make back part smooth with disk sander Measure the wrong part Cut the part with tenon saw

Change to my plan

Didn’t able to glue back part Didn’t able to measure drawer materials

Emotion: I was really disappointed about my self because the mistakes took my

entire time

Mistakes:

Figured out that top part is little bit short

What next:

Cut the mistakes Glue the back part Measure drawer materials



Sending edges with garnet paper

The Title: nailing and measuring

Name: Jack Han


What I did: Punch the nails to the bottom part Smooth rough part with garnet paper Measure inside drawer materials

Change to my plan

Haven’t measure drawer part completely

Emotion: I was very nervous since my mistakes require delicate works

What next:

Finish measuring parts Cut the parts

Learner Profile: Human Ingenuity


Hammering Nail on the bottom part

The Title: Measuring and Cutting

Name: Jack Han


What I did: I have measured two pieces which used to make a drawer Used table saw and circular pull down saw (helped by mr.cutting) to cut it

Change to my plan

I fully finished what I needed to finish

Emotion: I was very happy by finishing my daily work

What next:

Glue two pieces together Smooth them with the sender

Learner Profile: AOI


Cutting one of drawer pieces with the sawThe Title: Organizing the folder

Name: Jack Han


What I did: Today I just check if there is a missing or incorrect information in the folder

Change to my plan

I was planning join drawer pieces, but I did not happen.

Emotion: I confused about it because I had to reschedule my plans

What next:

Join the two pieces

Smooth the edges

AOI: Approach to learning. By learning the more harder DT planning and design structure

The Title: Gluing and smoothing

Name: Jack Han


What I did: Tried to glue drawer pieces

Smooth overall sharp parts with railing sender

Mistakes

Because the pieces were not easily joined, I got to wait for the result

Change to my plan

Even though the pieces were not joined perfectly, had not much changes

Emotion: I was very depressed by spending most of periods on gluing

What next:

Join materials together



The Title: re-Gluing and smoothing

Name: Jack Han

Date: December 3, 2012

What I did:

I perfectly glued two drawer materials Rest of time I smoothed the sharp parts

Change to my plan:

No changes

Emotion: I was very nervous since my mistakes require delicate works

What next:

Use puddy to fill empty holes


The Title: filling holes, gluing and nailing

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

I re-glue the stopping part and adjust them and hold it with Long G-Clamp

I punched nail into the back-bone part Filled empty holes with puddies

Mistakes:

The stopping material separated from the holder, so I re-glue them. I discovered that backbone material nail is weak, so I removed it.

Change to my plan

A few mistakes, but no changes.

Emotion: I was nervous because I had errors

What next:

Final smoothing for painting Measure handle Cut and glue it



The Title: Smoothing, measuring, cutting and gluing

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

I smoothed the holder with sander and garnet paper Found small handle piece and measure Cut and I glued it on the outer drawer

Change to my plan

No changes

Emotion: I felt excited because I have a few steps left until the finish of the project

What next:

Collect colors that I imagined



Smoothing sharp corners with garnet paper

The final shape before the painting

The Title: Painting the holder

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

Painted top and side part with green several times

Change to my plan

I wanted to paint more surfaces

Emotion: I felt lucky to finally do the end step

What next:

Paint back, drawer, front and bottomAOI: Human Ingenuity


Painting top

Painting side

The Title: Rejoin the drawer, handle and painting

Name: Jack Han


What I did:

I made a slot to join two pieces Drilled a hole and screwed the screw Paint the drawer, front, back and bottom

Mistakes:

Turns out that the drawer is not perfectly joined Handle should not be glued

Change to my plan

No changes of plan

Emotion: I was ashamed because I messed up some jobs

What’s next?

Repaint the dim part for better quality



Painting the drawer surfaceThe Title: Repaint the dim parts

Name: Jack Han

Date: January 7, 2013

What I did:

I repainted the every parts to show better quality

Change to my plan

I fulfilled my aim

Emotion: As the color was bright and shine, I felt calm by having quality works

What’s next? If the holder is not bright and neat enough, I should have to repaint it.



Repainting the drawer of the holder

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