Optics Museum Demonstration

Today was the introduction to our Optics Museum Project. We started with a board that would be used for the walls of each of our projects. The Makerspace does not have a panel saw, so we brought the board to the wood shop room. With the panel saw, Mr. Sinde cut the board into three long strips. These three strips were brought back to the Makerspace where I used the table saw to cut them into 16in x 16in squares. Throughout the process, we had to keep the width of the blade in mind. During the penny hockey project, some students made the error of marking all measurements, then cutting the pieces all at once. This would eventually cause one piece to be smaller than the rest. Because of this, it is better to mark one measurement, then cut, mark the next measurement, cut, so on and so forth.

Mr. Sinde cutting board

Here is a time-lapse video of Mr. Sinde cutting the large board into smaller sections.

Finally, here's a video of me using the table saw to cut the sections into 16in x 16in squares.