DAY 8: Make the two depressions on the surfing board where the surfer can comfortably                                                                                    place his/her foot inside.

Today's ACSU time was a very productive time and I was able to do many things. I began with helping out my friend bringing her heavy product into the room, helping her take pictures and many other things. I thought I would be wasting time, helping her. But I enjoyed and felt nice because if I want her to help me, then I will have to help her! It was also my duty to do so! Previous lesson, when I asked sir how I could make the two depression, he said that there is a machine that could do it. Initially, my idea was to do it with a chisel and a hammer, if there was no such equipment available. But fortunately, there is and it is called the router. But he said that I could not use it during the regular lesson because it would cause a lot of dust and make a lot of noise. Which is why he told me to drop in today to do that. At the beginning of ACSU time, he was busy with some other students DP students and told me to wait. Until then, I continued with making the outline of the footprints using hammer and chisel so that it would be easier for him to follow the footprint and cut accordingly! I felt lazy and pointless doing the hammer and chisel part because I felt that it would not really make Mr.Mr. Wafula's life an easier. Nevertheless, I finished one of the foot and began with the other when Mr Wafula arrived and started setting up the tool! I had imaged the tool to be a big and a complicated one, but then I saw him picking up one of the tools that has been lying around in the room since a very long time. Even though I had seen it many times, I did not know how it worked. But when Mr Wafula started the process, I realized that it is like a circular thing that spins very fast, kind of sanding the wood. I was surprised at the beginning because it was not anything like what I had imagined it to be! It gave out a lot of dust which made me feel very breathless and made me sneeze a lot. But I had to take pictures and could not leave the room because if I do, I will look like an arrogant person. It would look as though I gave the teacher to do my work and am enjoying myself outside. Moreover, i was very curious to know how the equipment worked! I stayed away and watched him make the two depressions very neatly. Once he was done, I took pictures of that and thought that he was finished! When I was about to remove the clamp the board, Mr. Wafula came out with another similar looking equipment. When I asked him what it was, he said that it will make the transition area from the main board to the actual depression, very smooth. In other words, the depressions on my surfing board will be smooth and gradual so that the surfer feels comfortable and making it easier for the foot to placed and removed from the depressions. He tried doing it, but the results were no what I had expected. The tool did not work that well in giving me the results that both, I and Mr. Wafula had expected. Nevertheless, I did not give up and started thinking of other ways! I thought of using the chisel and the hammer. But then I realized that i will be taking a big risk by trying to do something. So therefore, i left it the way it is and sanded it a little using the sand paper because the edges were really sharp and could cut the surfer. When I was sanding it, Mr wafula came to me and said that it will not be enough. So he got out his tool box and started looking for some other pins that could work on the machine and give me the results that I needed. Unfortunately, he could not find one. i was not very sad by this because I was very happy that I was bale to  make the depression. Initially, I was under the impression that making the two depressions will be a long procedure and might not be possible. But i was wrong! However, the foot sizes and not equal which might be one of the drawbacks of my surfing board. But i am happy about the fact that my foot perfectly and comfortably fits into the depressions! Here are some pictures of the work done today!: