Skills Exploration 11 (Carpentry 11/12)
Carpentry 11/12 (Skills Exploration) will cover a variety of different areas (Electrical, carpentry/woodwork, plumbing & drafting) throughout this semester long course. Students will start in Term 1 with an Electrical unit that will teach the basics wiring receptacles, switches and lights in the home. From there, they will complete a plumbing unit with PEX pipe and copper, followed by a carpentry unit to understand the basics of framing (walls/floors). For term 2, they will learning a bit of drafting & design and complete a woodwork/carpentry project as an individual or in a group.
Course Outline
Follow this link to begin your first ‘remote learning assignment’
Technical Drawing Unit – Autodesk Fusion 360
We’re going to get started by learning how to model objects in a 3D computer environment, ‘3D modelling’. You’re going to start by following 4 tutorials. These will take you through the basics of using Fusion 360. You will be making a complete modeled object, an electrical junction box. And from this model you will created a 2D drawing, the type you would be given if you were assigned the job of making it.
Setting Up an Account and Obtaining An Education License
You will need to setup an Autodesk account and apply for a Fusion 360 free education license
Tutorial Series
Keep in mind the useful features built in to YouTube when working through tutorials (something you will be doing often).
— Pause, rewind, slow down & speed up
ELECTRICAL UNIT
Labs
ELECTRICAL LAB HANDOUTS – Collection of Labs #1-8
Extension Cord Lab – Replace the end on an extension cord
Wall/Breaker panel install – Run 2 circuits from a breaker panel.
Powerpoint Lessons
Getting Power From The Powerplant To The Outlet – Lab #1
Wiring Receptacles – Labs #2 and #3
Wiring Switches – Labs # 4 – #7
Watt’s Law and Electricity – Basic Theory
Watts Law Assignment
MACHINE SAFETY
The following machines will be covered in a tradition demo/safety test manor to ensure the safe and proper use of the machine. Students will not be able to use a machine until the safety test/demo is complete.
General Safety
Disc/Belt/Spindle Sander
Band Saw
Drill Press
Mitre Saw
Jointer
Thickness Planer
Table Saw
Router
Wood Lathe
Wood Theory
Theory will be given in the course that revolves around costing material and taking wood from a rough state to finished dimensions.
Dressing A Piece of Wood Procedure
Dressing a Piece of Wood
Calculating Materials
MATERIAL LIST
Plumbing Labs
Working with PEX
- Watch/Review – plumbing 101
- Make a reasonably sized square utilizing three 90 degree PEX elbows and one tee. Attatch a sutable Pex fitting to the third leg of the tee fitting that will allow it to be hooked to the hydrostatic tester. Test your work to 90 PSI and show (while still holding pressure) your successful product.
For Reference:
Carpentry Labs
Skill Saw Training
- Make a sawhorse (build skills: portable circular saw, measure & cut accurately, nailing, nail removal)
General Knowledge / Reference
Term 2 Individual/Group Project
THis project can be individual or as a group. Depending on the students interest and skill level the scope of this project will vary significantly. A student may chose to make a piece of fine woodworking furniture (chair, table, clock, storage case, etc) or delve into the world of laser engraving and cnc routing. Others may decide to work with outside groups in the school to construct a variety of items.
The teacher and students will discuss project options throughout the course.
Project Ideas
Shop Notes