Day 3: Cut out the main surfing board outline on the plywood board  

 

This was the best day ever! I had an amazing third day today and will be most probably the best day of create stage.  I had expected this day to be very stressful and tiring because I had so much to cut in order to strictly follow the plan! This term, I want to strictly follow my plan because that is the only way I will be able to finish my work on time. It is a very big and a time consuming project and moreover I also started late compared to a few other students in my class. This means that I have to work seriously without missing a single day on my production plan. Initially when making the plan I was under the impression that  I might not be able to finish today's task in 2 lessons. That would have been reality if I had not chosen this day to the task. Coincidentally, many of the students in our class were not around because they had to go to Nairobi to attend a conference. I am very happy about the fact that coincidentally, I had assigned this day for the biggest task! This is because less people means less number of people that I have to fight with for an equipment. This is why I came and sat outside the class in advance so that I can book that equipment for myself! Very fortunately, no one even complained when I used the jig saw for the whole of the double lesson. However, I let people do their work in between, if they needed to cut something small because it would be very selfish of me to keep the jig saw to myself for both the lessons when others also required it. I had a lot of fun and can proudly say that i cut the whole surfing board today. I am very proud of myself because this is a great achievement for me. I was also very lucky today to have an amazing person assisting me today- Nikita. She made me realize that I knew nothing about the DT and that I was a very weak person. I knew nothing about the DT lab because I did not know how to use the jig saw properly. Or rather I was scared and hesitant to use it. That is the reason why she did some of the beginning and I continue after that. I am a very weak person because I did not have enough power to even loosen and tighten the clamps! Nikita taught me many lessons today and highlighted many areas where I can improve! Initially I was very slow in moving the jig saw and was making a very slow but steady progress. I was not happy with it because I knew that if I continued so slowly, I will not be able to finish what I supposed to! When Nikita saw how slowly I was progressing, she started helping me more and taught me the most amazing trick. That is when I realized what I was doing wrong. When using the Jig saw, I had push on the back side of the saw and move it forward. That is when I started moving quickly. I finished cutting my board well before time and was getting bored. That is when I thought 'why not use my time effectively'. So I went and sanded my board as much as I could. Surprisingly, I was able to sand almost 3/4 of how much I am actually supposed to do on that day. My board was now very smooth and had perfect curves. I had a lot of fun this lessons and did not face many challenges. I learnt many things and I am proud of myself for accomplishing more than I was supposed to this lesson! I would also like to specially thank my dear friend, Nikita! Here are some pictures of me working today: