Course Title: Woodworking
Grade Level: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12
Textbook: Exploring Woodworking "Fundamentals of
Technology" by Fred W. Zimmerman and Larry J. McWard
Woodworking I - Course Description: This is a half year course designed for the student to spend the majority of his or her time in the lab building a selected project. After becoming familiar with the basic concepts of wood techniques, the students will move into the lab area and begin working on their individual project using the various power machines and tools such as the radial arm saw, jointer, surface planer, table saw, band saw, scroll saw, drill press, belt and disk sander, router, belt sander, orbital finish sander and the oscillating spindle.
Through the kinds of experience and knowledge gained in this course, students
will begin to develop an appreciation of good industrial design, craftsmanship,
orderly procedures, safe work habits, pride in their individual work, integrity,
proper work ethic, and have an understanding of how to use the tools, machines,
woods, and devices properly and safely.
Woodworking I - General Course Objectives:
1. To provide each student with information concerning wood and forest products and the characteristics of wood and wood products.
2. To provide each student with experience in basic planning and design of a core project using basic shop sketching for the working drawings, a bill of materials, cutting diagram and cut sheet, and a plan of procedure.
3. To provide each student with an opportunity to develop skills in the safe care and use of hand tools used in the woodworking industry.
4. To provide each student an opportunity to learn the importance of integrity, craftsmanship, and work habits and ethic in the classroom and shop.
5. To provide each student with an opportunity to work with different kinds of hard and soft woods, abrasives, glues, hardware, stains and finishes used in the woodworking industry.
Woodworking I - Specific Course Objectives: When the student has completed the Woodworking I course, he/she will be able to:
1. Develop problem solving skills relating to materials and processes.
2. Develop the necessary skills which will enable him/her to communicate and express drafting ideas in an understandable, efficient, and accurate manner.
3. Thoughtfully plan out the work by developing a pictorial view, orthographic projection, bill of materials list, cutting diagram and list, estimating cost using board and square foot formula's and a plan of procedure list.
4. Develop the ability to read a drawing and be able to construct it in the wood shop.
5. Demonstrate and explain the correct use of tools and machines in order to prevent personal injury to you and your classmates as well as preventive damage of the equipment.
6. Develop the proper usage of all equipment used in the woodworking area.
7. Develop the ability to identify hand tools, machines, softwoods, hardwoods, plywood, portable tools, wood joints, and wood products.
8. Develop proper attitudes toward work and daily relationships with others.
9. Develop the ability to construct various wood joints assigned by the instructor.
10. Demonstrate proper techniques and safety requirements for all portable and power machines.
11. Demonstrate the proper way to apply various fillers and wood stains.
12. Replace or change the blade or bit of the portable tool or machine assigned by the instructor.
13. Develop the ability and skill to fastened wood together using various adhesives, hardware, and techniques of the trade.
14. Develop the skill in preparing a wood surface for a finish.
15. Demonstrate the proper way to apply a finish on a project.
16. Develop the ability to be on time, keep busy, and conduct yourself in a
safe manner both in the classroom and shop area.
Woodworking I - Course Outline:
Introduction:
a. Requirements of the class
b. Rules and regulations
c. Grading policy
d. Course outline
e. Textbooks, workbooks, and assign lockers and locks.
Fundamentals:
a. Planning and Designing in Woodworking
1.
Sketching
2.
Pictorial Views
3.
Reading a Ruler
4.
Orthographic Projection
5.
Dimensioning
b. Selecting and Identifying Materials
1.
Identify Softwoods, Hardwoods, and Manufactured Lumber
c. Wood shop Safety
1.
General Shop Safety
Basic Processes:
a. Measurement, Layout, and Rough Out
b. Planing and Sawing
c. Drilling and Boring
d. Wood Joints
1.
Edge Butt
2.
Miter
3.
Dowel
4.
Dado
5.
Rabbet
6.
Groove
7.
Biscuit/Wafer
e. Cutting Curves, Irregular Shapes, Bevels, and Chamfers
Power Tools:
a. Planing Machines:
1. Jointer
2. Surface Planer
b. Circular Saws:
1. Table Saw
2. Radial Arm Saw
3. Power Miter Box
c. Band Saw, Jig Saw and Saber Saw:
d. Drill Press, Portable and Cordless Drill:
e. 4" Jointer Biscuit Machine
f. Router and Router Table:
g. Sanding Machines:
1. Belt and Disk Sander
2. Hand Stroke Belt Sander
3. 1" x 30" Belt Sander
4. Portable Belt Sander
5. Oscillating Spindle Sander
6. Finish Palm Sander
7. Orbital Sander
h. Wood Lathe:
1. Spindle Turning
2. Face Plate Turning
Assembly and Final Surface Preparation:
a. Glues, Gluing and Clamping
b. Mechanical Fasteners and Assembly
c. Sanding and Preparing for Finish
d. Finishes and Finishing
e. Staining
f. Spraying
Woodworking I - Tentative Course Schedule:
This course schedule is tentative and designed for the student who may be missing class for some reason throughout the school year. Even if the weekly schedule of events are not correct, the data that is to be covered will be in the following sequence.
Week 1. Introduction of the class, requirements of the class, student folders, rules and regulations, grading policy, course outline, hand-out textbooks, workbooks, and assign lockers and locks.
Week 1. General Safety Rules, Unit 3 = "Wood shop Safety." Read and Workbook Assignment, Correct Assignment Unit 3, Test on Safety Rules.
Week 1 Introduce Reading a Ruler, Pictorial , Unit 1 = "Planning and Designing in Woodworking." Read and Workbook Assignment. Test on Unit 3. Lab = Sketching.
Week 2. Unit 2 = "Selecting and Identifying Materials." Read and Workbook Assignment. Select Project, Selecting and Identifying Materials. .
. Week 2 Unit 4 = "Measurement, Layout, and Rough Out." Read and Workbook Assignment. Plan of Procedure, Tool and Wood Identification, Demonstrate Measurement, Layout & Rough Out. Notebook Check. Correct Assignment Unit 4. Lab = Tools and Wood Identification.
Week 3. Unit 13 = "Planing Machines." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Jointer, Surface Planer, Safety Rules Test, Tool and Wood Identification Test, Lab = Projects.
Week 4. Unit 14 = "Circular Saws." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Table Saw, Radial Arm Saw, Power Miter Box, Saw Buck, Safety Rules Test, Lab = Projects.
Week 5 . Lab = Projects
Week 5. Units 8 and 15. Unit 8 = "Cutting Curves, Irregular
Shapes, Bevels, and Chamfers," and Unit 15 = "Band Saw, Jig Saw,
and Saber Saw." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Band Saw,
Scroll Saw, Portable Jig Saw, Cutting Curves, Irregular Shapes,
Bevels & Chamfers. Safety Rules Test, Lab = Projects
Week 6. . Lab = Projects.
Week 6. Units 6 and 16. Unit 6 = "Drilling and Boring," and Unit 16 = "Drill Press, Mortise, and Tenoned." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Drill Press, Horizontal Boring Machine, Doweling Jig, Drilling and Boring, Safety Rules Test, Lab = Projects.
Week 7.. Lab = Projects
Week 7. Unit 7 = "Wood Joints." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate how to make an Edge Butt, Miter, Dowel, Dado, Groove, and Rabbet Joint. Lab = Projects. .
Week 8. Lab = Projects.
Week 9. Review Notebook Check. Lab = Projects.
Week 9. Unit 9 = "Glues, Gluing, and Clamping." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate How to Properly Glue and Assemble a Project. Lab = Projects.
Week 10. Lab = Projects.
Week 10. Unit 18 = "Router, Shaper, and Molder." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstration Router, Router Table, Safety Rules Test. Identify Router Bits. Lab = Projects.
Week 11. Test Unit 18. Lab = Projects.
Week 12. Unit 17 = "Lathe." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Wood Lathe = Spindle and Face plate Turning. Safety Rules Test. Lab = Projects.
Week 13 Lab = Projects.
Week 13 Unit 19 = "Sanding Machines." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Belt and Disk Sander, Oscillating Sander, Hand Stroke Belt Sander, Finish Palm Sander, Orbital Sander, Portable Belt Sander. Safety Rules Test. Lab = Projects.
Week 14 . Notebook Check. Lab = Projects.
Week 14. Unit 10 = "Mechanical Fasteners and Assembly." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate How to Install Screws, Nails, and Bolts. Identification of Screws, Nails, and Bolts. Lab = Projects. Correct Assignment Unit 10.
Week 15. Lab = Projects.
Week 15 Units 11 & 12. Unit 11 = "Sanding and Preparing for a Finish," and Unit 12 = "Finishes and Finishing." Read and Workbook Assignment. Demonstrate Sanding and Preparing for a finish, Finishes and Finishing Techniques. Lab = Projects.
Week 16 Lab = Projects.
Week. 17 Lab = Projects. Demonstrate Proper Staining Techniques.
Week 18 Lab = Projects. Demonstrate Proper Spraying Techniques.
Week 19 Test = Staining and Finishing Techniques. Lab = Projects.
Week 20 Finish All ....... Lab = Projects.
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