lunes, 9 de enero de 2012

Singing competition!

Remember we still have to cellebrate or finals in the singing competition! Here you have the karaoke version of the song, just in case you want to rehearse at home and make sure your team will win the prize!

domingo, 8 de enero de 2012

Equipment, tools and machines when working with wood

Hello everybody!
Here you have some videos you might find useful when trying to understand how to use some of the equipment we have been studying in unit 4 (unit 5 in your books). I hope you´ll find them interesting! Enjoy...

How to use a carpenter's square:


In this video, you can see a craftsman working on marquetry. This is a good example on how to use a fret saw but, could you have a deeper look and identify all the different tools for working with wood he uses and tell me what does he use them for?


Some of you had several questions about chisels. Well, chisels are mainly used to carve wood. This is a video that will show an example of a gouge chisel being used. It´s a really interesting video, watch it, it will not only teach you about wood working, but also about how printing worked centuries ago!



And again, some of you were a bit confused about the porpoise of wood planes, here you have a video to make you help and understand how they are used: