Construction Practical Test

Geard

Is it split up over 2 days this week?? Like if there's 20 in a class 10 go and do it on thursday and the others do it on friday????

johnmcdnl

it's all the one day... can't see how it'd work otherwise sur... the first half would just come out and tell the second half what they had to make

Geard

Was wondering because thats the way our engineering pratical test is going to work...split over 2 days... but their is only 10 in our class.

ciano1

Mine is tomorrow... Can anyone tell what it was like today?

Geard

People that did it today,what did you's have to make??

Crow92

ciano1 wrote: »

Mine is tomorrow... Can anyone tell what it was like today?

Could ya tell us the artifact you made, what joints are to be done....and if it's hard :P

Geard

Our teacher said there is definetly a dovetail joint in it.. if thats any good for ye....

johnmcdnl

halfing dovetail bridle joint mortise and tenon joints

my teacher tipped those to come up because of the size of the timber

probably a picture frame or an easel or something like that

garv123

johnmcdnl wrote: »

halfing dovetail bridle joint mortise and tenon joints

my teacher tipped those to come up because of the size of the timber

probably a picture frame or an easel or something like that

we have a class of 20 and its next wednesday and thursday. we picked today who did what day. most the fellas said dey would do the first day. i heard its a stand for art or sumthing.
and by the tools list anyway there is a mortis and a dovetail for definate.

will ye let me know here what it is if any of ye do it in the next week or have done it

Liveit

I'm doing it tomorrow... and im actually looking forward to it!

ciano1

I though it was fairly hard... Didnt even get it finished
It was some sort of weird stand thingy, I forgot to bring the paper home here to post it

garv123

ciano1 wrote: »

I though it was fairly hard... Didnt even get it finished
It was some sort of weird stand thingy, I forgot to bring the paper home here to post it

what joints were in it?

your not alowed bring the paper out of the room

but if your doin it 2moro do try pease ;;)

ciano1

I could easily have taken the paper out of the room...Just left it behind on my bench without thinking.

I'm honestly not sure of the names of the joints but there was some mortes and tenon joints? And a dovetail in the middle piece.

As I said, i'm not sure..we only started practicing for the practical test 2 weeks ago!

garv123

ciano1 wrote: »

I could easily have taken the paper out of the room...Just left it behind on my bench without thinking.

I'm honestly not sure of the names of the joints but there was some mortes and tenon joints? And a dovetail in the middle piece.

As I said, i'm not sure..we only started practicing for the practical test 2 weeks ago!

was it a weird dovetail or just a normal 1 ?
was it all straight or was things slanted and stuff if it was something for art?

MoyVilla9

That was pure bollox, a million times harder than last years one (I'm a repeat).

Liveit

It was very hard, every joint is in it.
Nobody finished it totally

garv123

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

That was pure bollox, a million times harder than last years one (I'm a repeat).

what came up for it?

ciano1

Our 'supenintendent' was an old retired teacher from our school.
Just read the paper for the 4 hours...didnt even care if we talked of even helped each other :P

EriiDee

Can anyone pleeeeeeeeeeeease say what it actually was!!..
my exam is 2moro!.. and i'm so mega BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP-ed for it!:(

ha it's actually true this subject is NOT for girls! eeep..

garv123

ciano1 wrote: »

Our 'supenintendent' was an old retired teacher from our school.
Just read the paper for the 4 hours...didnt even care if we talked of even helped each other :P

our superviser is our priest. sum funny man to keep us entertained

anyone get the paper out with em ?
or is anyone kind enough to make a lil sketch of the joints

callaway92

garv123 wrote: »

our superviser is our priest. sum funny man to keep us entertained

anyone get the paper out with em ?
or is anyone kind enough to make a lil sketch of the joints

I'd say he likes to keep ye entertained alright..........

ciano1

Heres some gibberish description that I sent in a PM to another user

It's hard to describe!!
It looks something like the 2009 test...At the front there is also 3rd vertical piece that goes up through the middle and makes a dovetail with the horizontal piece ( that joins to the 2 side pieces with a mortise and tenon joint) there is also some sort of cap piece thingy that goes on top of the 3rd vertical (middle) piece.

The Dowel also joins the flat bottom piece to just behind the dovetail.

Good luck even trying to read that description! I really should have kept the paper!!

garv123

ciano1 wrote: »

Heres some gibberish description that I sent in a PM to another user

i think i can make sense of it haha
does it look anythin like this ?

ah your skool has to give all the papers back i think. they must ave em all.
alls saying its hard so far

not lookin forward too it anyway

ciano1

Not to far off!

Front view...FROM MEMORY !
Dovetail is right in the middle

ciano1

Slightly updated version

Im DEFO missing something though....Dont know what is is though..Sorry

Geard

fh.jg


Ye have to make 2 of these

garv123

Geard wrote: »

fh.jg


Ye have to make 2 of these

was there any slants or angles
what did the dowell do

mylescullen

is it a halving dovetail? :S

Geard

No Just what you see. A Mortise and you have to chisel a trench out...and cut off a bit of wood with a tenon saw.

ajjmk

Any..tips..for it? Theres no words to describe just how screwed I am for it, I attempted my first small bit of pratical EVER today..

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/73976/113017.PNG

what is that thing sticking out of the top of the dovetail, i can make sense of the rest of it.

how hard is it