Wooden Frame Journal

By, Gurshan
Day 1

• On day one we were told to draw our frame on

paper with measurements for each piece. I was
struggling to figure out how to measure the frame
properly but after talking to Mr. Speirs I had the
formula down.
Day 2
• Having down the measurements I
was able to go show Mr. Spiers and
after his approval he had given me
my wooden plank. After receiving
the plank, the first thing I did was
put my name on it. I did this by
writing my name on a piece of tape
then sticking it to the wood. Later, I
realized my wood was cracked so I
had to glue it back which took the
whole day to dry.
Day 3
• Now that I had the plank, I had to run it
through the jointer to make it have nice
crisp line. To do this I first had to watch
another student do it who had already
been taught by Mr. Spiers. After being
done that I set the machine up and told
Mr. Spiers to watch. This was a two-man
task as one guy had to pull the wood
from the opposite side, and I had Arsh
help me with that.
Day 4
• After using the jointer from the previous day, I
had to now use the miter saw which would
give me all the parts to assemble my frame.
First, I set up the miter saw to my exact
measurements and then asked Mr. Spiers to
watch. As I was doing this task Mr. Spiers had
realized I was doing something wrong which
could have caused my hand to get in the way
but after telling me how to fix this issue I was
able to cut the pieces on my own. The pieces
had come out well and I was pleased with the
results.
Day 5
• Now that I've gotten all my little pieces, I will
have to glue them. This progress will take the
whole day as the glue takes 24hours to dry. I
laid all my pieces on a piece of tape, spread
the glue on each edge, made it into a frame,
clamped them down, and left them to rest for
tomorrow.
Day 6
• Now that my frame had
dried down my project was
officially into a frame. It was
time for sanding, I first
started with the p60 as it
took down all the heavy bulk
from the wood. This had
taken most of the class time
as I had to do each side and
make sure it was turning
smooth.
Day 7
• Coming into class today I had found
my frame broke with a piece fallen off,
after finding this out I had to glue the
missing piece back which ended up
taking the whole day to dry.
Day 8
• Now that I had gotten my frame back together, I had to
sand the glue off and was ready for the p120. This would
help all the little bits turn smooth not just the heavy
chunks. This process was a lot quicker as I was familiar
with sanding from yesterday and since the p60 had
already done the hard work. After finishing with the
p120 I was able to use the p320 which would make the
wood feel smooth. After turning the p320 sander on I
had already felt how much more power full it was. I had
made a good amount progress with the p320 sander
before class ending.
Day 9
• After leaving off with the p320
yesterday I was able to finish the rest
of sanding today. Now that my frame
was done sanding all I had left to do
was put finishing on it and I was able
to finish that in the same day.
Day 10
• I'm done my Frame.