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       My initial idea was to use all the different woods to make an ombre of sorts. We worked I'm pairs, so I designed mine with Camila, and we first started by planning it out and figuring out our design and the size. The measurements were really hard to figure out, but we eventually did it and cut our wood. We then glued it together and waited a week for it to dry. Then we cut it in 2, planed it, sanded it, and used the edge cutter to make the edges rounded. My mom's birthday was coming up, so I engraved Happy Birthday into my cutting board. In the next class, we added finishing oil and burnished it then took it home.  

  What is your project? Wooden cutting board How did you make it? Emma and I picked a pattern that we liked and cut the wood into different sizes and glued it together What do you like most about your project? It was fun getting to use new machines in the tinkeria What was challenging about this project? Figuring out what we wanted our cutting board to look like What would you change about the project if you did it again? Nothing What is your plan for it now that it's done? Use it in my kitchen

For this project in Design Tech, my partner Daniel and I created a striped hardwood cutting board using walnut and maple. Although I was out sick on the day we designed our projects, Daniel took the lead and came up with a design that I ended up really liking. It’s simple, balanced, and came out looking great. What is your project? Our project was to make a cutting board from strips of hardwood. We used walnut and maple, which contrast nicely in both color and texture. The design is a classic horizontal stripe pattern that looks professional and clean. How did you make it? First, we cut strips of walnut and maple to our desired thickness. We glued them all together to form one large board, and used clamps to hold everything tightly in place while it dried. I was honestly impressed by how strong the wood glue was everything held together really well. After the glue dried, we cut that large board in half to make two matching boards. Then we put our board through the planer machine to get...

  What is your project? My project is a set of four wooden coasters, each engraved with a map of a city that’s meaningful to me: St. Louis, Missouri; Bari, Italy; Austin, Texas; and Rome, Italy. How did you make it? I started by designing each city map in Adobe Illustrator. After finalizing the designs, I imported them into the laser cutter to engrave and cut the coasters out of wood. I also designed a custom coaster holder in Illustrator and used the CNC router to cut it out. What do you like most about your project? What I liked most is how clean and personal the coasters turned out. I put a lot of effort into the designs, and seeing them come out just how I imagined felt really rewarding. The project looks sharp and meaningful. What was challenging about this project? The most challenging part was designing the city maps in Illustrator. It took a lot of time to get the details right and make sure they would engrave clearly on the wood. What would you change about the project if ...

My project is a cutting board, 9x12 inches, made from walnut and maple wood. I made the cutting board by cutting out four 1-inch pieces of wood (two for walnut, two for maple), one 2-inch piece of maple wood, and two 3-inch pieces of walnut. I glued these pieces together with wood glue and let them dry. After two days, I then chamfered the edges of the wood, followed by final sanding, application of finishing oil, and burnishing of the entire board. My favorite thing about my cutting board is the look of the wood after I applied finishing oil. The wood (especially the walnut) is a lot darker and looks much better than it did previously. The most challenging thing about my board was sanding the edges, as my sandpaper kept slipping out of my hand, and getting blown by the wind. The only thing I would change about this project is burnishing the sides of my coaster more thoroughly, as I can feel tiny imperfections around the edges. My plan for this cutting board is to give it to my mot...

What is your project? For this project, we made a Cutting board How did you make it? We first started planning on what design we wanted to do. Then we started measuring the dimensions of the wood. we had an option of choosing three different types of wood. i decided to use cherry and walnut wood. we cut the pieces into the length and width we wanted and glued them together. once the glue was dried we cut the board in half then we ran the wood through the thickness planer several times. after we used the table router to make the edges even. we sanded the board and applied varnish oil i let it dry and i put a second layer. and then it was all done. What do you like most about your project? i liked how the design turned out What was challenging about this project? the most challenging part was using the wood cutter. i found it difficult to use What would you change about the project if you did it again? i would make a more complex design next time What is your plan for it now that i...