Posted on Properties of Wood - Whats important and whats not?
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#1 posted 424 days ago |
Jordan, I would search the web for a woodworking project where the builder didn’t take into account wood movement. Show them how a piece of furniture can tear itself apart because wood movement was taken into account. I am a faculty adviser for the local high school vocation teachers. I specialize in the woodworking side of the house. One of things I teach the kids is they MUST take into account with any project they are building from solid wood, that the wood is going to move and there is nothing they can do to stop it. They must design a project to take into account the simple fact that wood moves over the course of a year with seasonal changes. Combine this with wood strength, density and workability (cutting, carving, screw/nail holding power, etc.) and you will be keeping their attention because all these properties have a very direct impact on the success or failure of their projects they are going to do in wood shop. Showing a bunch of testosterone crazed kids a picture of something all busted up and you have their attention. At least in my experience…. :-) I tried to find the pictures I showed a couple of years ago but I can’t find them otherwise I would post them here for you. -- Don, Diamond Lake Custom Woodworks - http://www.dlwoodworks.com - "If you make something idiot proof, all they do is make a better idiot" |
