18/10/07 Tool Box drawing commencement

This morning we gathered together as a class to run through all of the sheets we were missing so that Paul could get some photo copied, this way we had all of the nescessary work sheets to complete our portfolio on the saw horse project. I found this very helpful as i was missing a few sheets and was unclear what was needed to be done.
After this we moved back into the library to complete our Construction Sequence report based n the Saw horse. I had already completed roughyl half the previous day and i fully completed it before morning break. In this time i had produced a 8 page report with a diagram on the saw horse and was very pleased with my effort. Having time at TAFE to complete such assignments is absolutely essential and very helpful as i find it hard to concentrate doing assignments at home as i really dislike it.
I added a reasonably simple hand drawn diagram to my construction sequence as i thought it would be hard for somebody to simply read what i had done to cut all the angles and such on the saw horse legs. By showing the shape and angles of the legs i hoped it would make what i was saying easier to understand instead of relying on the readers imagination.
After completing this we moved on to commence drawing of our next task, which is the tool box. Before getting stuck into it and instead of having a booklet like the saw horse, we got together as a group with an already finished tool box to discuss what we liked and didn't like about it. Greg brought up that the tool box was too heavy so we decided to thin down the sides from 19mm to 12mm and also the bottom down from 19 mm to 12 mm. We also increased the width from 215 to 230mm and decided to have the handle of the tool box protrude through the sides of the tol box. Once we had decided on our dimensions Paul drew up a rough plan diagram on the white board.
From here we got large brown paper sheets, placed them on our drawing boards, cut them to size and then stuck them to the drawing boards with masking tape. I drew out a 15mm border around the paper and drew in a 100mm margin on the right hand side. I used a 1m ruler and a small combination square to draw out the lines required to start the drawings. We are drawing three different views, plan view, end elevation and side elevation views. At the moment i have almost completed all three views including the measurements written down.